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2 T H E C A R O L I N I A N Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2012 WWW.UNCGCAROLINIAN.COM
Final presidential debate increases election anticipation
Devon Lail
Sta Writer
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President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney faced off in the nal presidential debate last Monday, covering several controversial issues.
Time is running out for the
two candidates of the 2012
election to win over undecided
voters.
With only two weeks le
in the campaign, both the
candidates and their supporters
are hard at work touring the
country and speaking out about
their values and what they plan
to do if elected.
President Obama and
Governor Romney took part
in their last debate against one
another on Monday, October 22.
is nal debate covered foreign
policy issues.
As a last attempt to sway
swing voters, the debate's pace
was quick. Republicans and
Democrats agreed that Obama
“came out swinging” while
Romney was not as aggressive
as he has been in the past. Many
of the candidates’ answers were
very similar in nature.
Historically conservative
news source Fox News agreed
that Romney had di culties
di erentiating his policies from
Obama's. Anchor Bret Baier
conceded that Romney “perhaps
struggled” in his e orts, while
reporter Megyn Kelly suggests
that it may be part of his larger
plan.
A er Romney's accusation
regarding the Navy, saying that
it was smaller than it has been
since 1917, Obama responded
with what fans and critics alike
have regarded as the zinger of
the night.
“You mentioned the Navy and
that we have fewer ships than we
did in 1917,” said Obama. “Well,
governor, we also have fewer
horses and bayonets, because
the nature of our military has
changed.”
Obama's retort has had a
signi cant response from both
parties. Republicans have called
it a childish retort, while many
Obama supporters have used
it as a way of showing just how
ridiculous they nd Romney.
On Wednesday, October
24th at noon, reality show host
Donald Trump announced that
he found Obama to be “the least
transparent president we have
ever had.”
He provided the president
with a choice, saying that if
Obama would get his colleges
to release his applications
and records, that he would
immediately give ve million
dollars to a charity of Obama's
choice. e response to Trump's
announcement was immediate
and vicious.
Trump asked that the
president hand over his records
by October 31st. Many people
complained that this was just
his was to try to sway people
away from Obama, saying that
if he hands over his records, he
is easily manipulated; if he does
not hand them over, he is sel sh
for not taking the opportunity
to send ve million dollars to
charity.
Issues like these, while
seemingly trivial, can have a
greater impact.
A candidate must have 270
votes in the electoral college in
order to win. So far, President
Obama leads Governor Romney
201 to 191 in the vote.
Many states are still
undecided, including North
Carolina, which is allowed
15 votes. At such a close race,
either candidate could take
the position. e swing states
that still remain undecided
are Nevada, Colorado, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Ohio, North
Carolina, Virginia, New
Hampshire, and Florida.
Early voting has begun in
North Carolina. Students can
vote at the Weatherspoon Art
Museum between the hours of
10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. until Nov.
2.
No identi cation is required
unless on-site registration is
necessary.
News
Weekly
Forecast
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Weekend
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On Tuesday, Oct. 9, Malala
Yousafzai, a 14-year-old
activist, was shot in the
head and neck by a Taliban
gunman for speaking out
against the Taliban and
promoting education for
girls. Malala Yousafzai lives
in the Swat Valley of Pakistan,
which was controlled by the
Taliban from 2007-2009 until
they were cleared out by the
Pakistani military.
Yousafzai became
frustrated by the restrictions
placed on female education
by the Taliban and turned
to the internet to share
her daily battle with the
extremist militants’ fear and
intimidation tactics used
to forced girls to remain at
home.
At age 11, she wrote a blog
for the BBC detailing life
under the Taliban. Today,
she continues to speak out
against the militant group.
As a result of these acts of
de ance, Yousafzai became a
target of the Taliban, who still
maintain some in¥ uence in
the region. e Taliban was
quick to take credit for the
attack.
A spokesman for the
Taliban, Ehsanullah Ehsan,
told e Times that Yousafzai
“has become a symbol of
Western culture in the area;
she was openly propagating
it, and if she survives, the
militants would try again to
kill her.”
e attack on Yousafzai
resulted in widespread
14-year-old Pakistani activist
shot by Taliban, survives
condemnation from people
internationally, as well
as Pakistanis across the
ideological spectrum, all of
whom are demanding action
by the government.
e Taliban have now
turned their attention
towards attempting to sti¥ e
the widespread criticism of
the attack and the Taliban
in the news media by
threatening the journalists
who are covering the story.
In northwestern Pakistan,
where the Taliban is still
active, reporters have received
warnings of an increased risk
to their security, and some
have even been noti ed that
they are being speci cally
targeted.
A veteran journalist in
Peshawar, the main city in
the northwestern region said
that “things a er Malala have
become more tense, as the
Taliban is very angry with the
way the attack was reported.
We are scared, but what can
we do? We have to work."
is journalist spoke with
CNN on the condition of
anonymity for fear of reprisal
from the Taliban, who
have abducted and killed
journalists in the past because
they were unhappy with the
content of news articles.
According to the Committee
to Protect Journalists (CPJ),
a group based in New York
which promotes freedom of
the press around the world,
more journalists were killed
in Pakistan than in any other
country in both 2010 and
2011.
Yousafzai was operated
on at a military hospital
in Pakistan the day a er
her attack, where doctors
removed the bullet that had
lodged in her shoulder, a er
passing above her eye and
grazing her brain.
She has since been moved
to the Queen Elizabeth
Hospital in Great Britain,
where she is being treated for
a gunshot wound to the head.
Yousafzai’s parents arrived
in Great Britain on ursday,
Oct. 25, ten days a er she was
brought to the hospital.
Her father, Ziauddin
Yousufzai, who once led a
school for young girls and
has strongly supported his
daughter’s goals and ght,
described her recovery as a
“miracle” due to initial fears
that they would have to
prepare for her funeral.
He told reporters at the
hospital in Birmingham
that "she is recovering at
an encouraging speed and
we are very happy,” and has
expressed gratitude for the
prayers and well-wishes that
have come in from all around
the world.
ough she is unable to
speak because of a tube
inserted into her trachea to
protect her airway, Yousafzai
has been communicating
with written notes and
according to the hospital,
“has been responding well to
treatments.”
Doctors do not believe she
has su ered any serious brain
damage, though she does face
a long recovery.
Elisabeth Wise
Sta Writer
WWW.UNCGCAROLINIAN.COM Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2012 T H E C A R O L I N I A N 3
Breaking
News:
Important
election
update for
student
voters
Kaycie Coy
Editor-in-Chief
Students at UNCG were
recently turned away from early
voting polls at Weatherspoon
Art Museum a er registering
with their assigned campus
post o¯ ce box rather than their
physical address.
All voters are required to
provide a street address when
they register to keep track of
residencies in di erent precincts,
cities, and states. Students who
registered using their post o¯ ce
box will continue to be turned
away until proof of residency is
acquired.
Students can tackle this
temporary dilemma by visiting
UNCG Housing and Residence
Life (HRL). Print out copies of
proof of residence are available
by request at the HRL o¯ ce.
Voters who have not registered
can use the early voting
window as an opportunity to
simultaneously register and
vote within the same day. New
voter registration has already
surpassed 250,000 people in
North Carolina.
e early voting period will
remain open for Weatherspoon
Art Museum until Nov. 2 at
5pm. For more information on
voting sites and times, voters
can contact the Guilford County
Board of Elections via their
Greensboro phone number at
336-641-3936.
News
Wisconsin shooter shocks Milwaukee
A Wisconsin man shot and
killed his wife and two others
last week in a Milwaukee suburb.
Many others are injured. While
the shooting shocked the city,
court records show that the
relationship between the two
deteriorated over the course of
many years.
Subject Radcli e Franklin
Haughton, a 45 year old
Wisconsin native, shot seven
women in a local spa, three
of which were hospitalized.
County police published
documents showing Haughton's
previous run-ins with the law.
Haughton threatened his wife,
Zina Haughton, on a number of
occasions.
A year ago, Mr. Haughton
dumped tomato juice on Zina's
car, and threatened to kill her
and burn her family if she ever
le him. A judge later ordered
Mr. Haughton to turn in all of his
re arms until the Department
of Justice could complete a
background check, but he never
complied. Mr. Haughton later
slashed his own wife's tires in
front of her friends. He was
arrested and appeared in court
ursday, when a judge issued a
four- year restraining order.
Police began a six-hour search
following the shooting that put
many di erent parts of town in
lockdown, including the nearby
mall, country club and hospital.
Police later con rmed that
Mr. Haughton committed
suicide, and later added that a
re Haughton set in the building
combined with the layout of the
facility slowed o cers' search
and delayed the discovery of the
gunman's body.
Details about the events leading
up to the shooting show that Mrs.
Haughton knew her husband
was homicidal. Mr. Haughton,
during the hearing on ursday
prior to the shooting, served as
his own attorney.
Mr. Haughton said during the
hearing, “"I have been involved
with Zina Haughton for most of
my adult life. is is the woman
that I love," he said." ings have
not always been the best that
they could have been but I can
stand before the court, stand
before God and say that I love
her. I love her unconditionally.
is situation was brought about
by in delity."
Mrs. Haughton testi ed that
Mr. Haughton threatened to
throw acid in her face and spoke
of his accusations of cheating.
"For 20 years, we've fought. He's
hit me. We've fought. But since
May 29, the evening that he
thinks I cheated on him, just the
threats have gotten so bad, and
like I said, I don't want to die,"
she said. " ings have gotten so
bad. We need to separate, we
need a divorce before you hurt
me. I don't want to die," she told
her husband during the hearing.
e shooting is one in a
series of shootings that have
happened in and around the
area, and was the second mass
shooting Wisconsin this year.
Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old
Army veteran and white
supremacist, killed six people
and injured three others before
fatally shooting himself Aug.
5 at a Sikh temple south of
Milwaukee.
Sunday's shooting also took
place less than one mile from
where seven people were killed
and four wounded in March of
2005, when a gunman opened
re at a church service held at a
hotel.
e topic of gun control has
become an important issue
for some voters for the 2012
presidential election. President
Obama advocates for keeping
guns out of the hands of children
and those who cannot safely
operate a gun. e Republican
presidential nominee advocates
for full second amendment
rights, and says that no laws
have jurisdiction over our
constitution. State lawmakers
say they will re-introduce a
bill designed to ensure that
perpetrators of domestic
violence comply with judges'
orders to surrender weapons.
Aaron Bryant
Sta Writer
Center for American Progress forum discusses students’ political leanings
Aaron Bryant
Sta Writer
e Center for American
Progress last week hosted a
forum called “ e Real Cost of
Romney,” which analyzed how
the presidential candidates’
tax plan would help the slow
economic recovery.
President and CEO of
Center for American Progress
Action fund Tom Perriello
spoke throughout the evening,
providing details on presidential
candidate Mitt Romney's tax
plan.
Perriello, a former member of
the US House of Representatives,
started the evening by explaining
the Governor's own words
regarding his tax plan.
Governor Romney has said
his plan includes a 20% tax
cut for every income level as
well as promising that he will
close loopholes and eliminate
deductions for high income
earners.
All of this, Mr. Romney
says, will not add to the de cit.
Representative Perriello says
that this is not mathematically
possible.
"A 20 percent across the board
tax cut over the next decade will
cost the federal government
5 trillion dollars during that 10
year period. Even if Mr. Romney
eliminates every corporate
loophole, which amounts to
about 1.3 trillion dollars in
savings, he would still have to
nd another 3.7 trillion dollars
to pay for his tax cut. If we take
his word on how his tax cut will
not add any money to the federal
de cit, Governor Romney will
have to do either one of three
things. He will have to either cut
drastically entitlement spending,
on social safety programs such
as Social Security and Medicare,
which he has vowed not to do. He
could then drastically cut military
spending. But, Mr. Romney
actually wants to spend 2 trillion
more dollars on the military.
Finally, he could raise taxes on
the middle and lower classes. My
guess," said the former Virginia
representative, "is that either Mr.
Romney is going to explode our
de cit, or taxes are going to go up
on 160 million Americans."
A er his presentation was over,
students had the opportunity
to ask questions. Mark, a self-described
conservative who
chose not to give his last name,
disagreed with the presentation.
"What people don't understand
is that Romney wants to lower
taxes to spur economic growth.
Lower taxes would be an incentive
to participate in the market, and
result in the tax cuts, in e ect
paying for themselves. How do
you justify raising taxes on the
wealthy?"
Representative Perriello's
answer was simple. “By not
raising taxes on the poor and
working class. e very idea of
supply side economics was the
basis of the Bush-era tax cuts,
where two separate tax cuts
were enacted to spur growth. We
ended up with an economy in
free fall and an unemployment
rate near 11 percent at the depths
of the recession. We tried this tax
plan before, and it is why we are
currently looking for a solution to
our slow economic growth right
now."
Another student asked how
his plan would a ect the de cit.
e representative said, "Most
likely, Governor Romney's plan
to pay for his plan is not to pay
for his plan. He is going to cut ve
trillion dollars’ worth of revenue,
he is going to spend two trillion
more dollars on the military, and
he wants to make the Bush tax
cuts permanent. He is going to
explode our de cit. He is going to
add trillions of dollars to it."
Mark later said, “Romney wants
to put us on a path to prosperity.
We need bold, new ideas, we need
real leadership.”
SEE FORUM, PAGE 5
4 T H E C A R O L I N I A N Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2012 WWW.UNCGCAROLINIAN.COM News
Local News Briefs
Record early voting
turnout
Housing laws need
reformation
Compiled By: Olivia Cline
Safety issues in Greensboro
rental homes are becoming the
subject of a movement to reform
housing laws.
Not only have many families
discovered violations of the
housing-code in their homes,
but they have also had to wait
months for housing o cials to
resolve their problems.
Issues such as lethal mold
levels, sewage lines backed up to
the point of over¥ owing, and
improper and unsafe ventilation
have gone un-noticed by housing
inspectors, and renters have
even been cited for “unsanitary
conditions” that are direct results
of problems existing long before
they moved in.
ere have been 630 cases of
code violation in the past year
alone, and over 200 of these cases
are still unresolved. A recent
decision by the state legislature
to repeal the pre-move-in rental
inspection requirement has
resulted in a period of some
turmoil for the city housing
department due to gray areas in
the current laws, but city sta
members have been working
with residents and landlords
to develop a new set of laws on
the local level to provide the
necessary speci cs.
e new laws seek to provide
penalties for landlords who
repeatedly rent homes with code
violations, and increase the
number of housing inspectors
employed by the city. City
Manager Denise Turner Roth
commented: “ ere is a standard
the residents should expect the
city to keep in terms of housing,
and we have to meet that
commitment.”
Guilford and Rockingham
County o cials have reported
record-breaking numbers of ear-ly
voters in the rst two weeks
since the polls opened.
As of Friday, Oct. 26, over 78,000
of Guilford’s 359,228 registered
voters had voted in Guilford
County alone, with 11,000 cast-ing
their vote on the rst day of
early voting.
Guilford County is report-ing
a full 1000 more voters per
day than their numbers in 2008.
On-site registration is helping
to boost numbers, with an aver-age
of 200 people per day taking
advantage of the ability to regis-ter
past the o cial registration
deadline.
Early voting director for Guil-ford
County Tim Tsuji is pleased
by the situation. e early voting
numbers in 2008 prompted him
to open 16 locations on the rst
day, as compared to two in 2008,
and residents did not disappoint.
“We’ve opened more locations
and opened them for more days,
and that has helped out tre-mendously.
So we are meeting
or exceeding numbers each day
without long lines,” he said. “It’s
great.”
Rockingham County direc-tor
Tina Cardwell echoed Tsuji’s
comments. “I like to believe peo-ple
are taking an interest in the
right to voice their opinion.”
Both o cials agreed that people
are beginning to prefer early vot-ing
in order to avoid long lines
on Election Day.
6.5 billion people nationwide
have already voted, and num-bers
are expected to rise as the
debates conclude.
National Guard
returns home
is weekend was an emo-tional
moment for many fami-lies
as the NC Army National
Guard returned home. Two best
friends who have been serving
in Kuwait, Pakistan and Iraq
for the past year and their wives
were among nearly 300 families
reunited on Saturday a ernoon.
Fathers held children born
just before or during their de-ployments,
and older children
were quick to tackle the parents
they had not seen in over a year.
Many brought signs, candies,
and other treats to welcome their
loved ones home.
Spouses of National Guard
members formed support net-works
during the deployment
period, and were therefore able
to share in the other families’ joy
as well as their own.
is is not the rst homecom-ing
for many of these families,
who have seen their spouses,
children and siblings o on mul-tiple
deployments.
Reidsville resident Carol Eck-strom
says that her brother’s
multiple trips don’t get any eas-ier
with time. She said, “It’s been
nerve-wracking. I’ve missed
him. He’s my baby brother.”
Many families had activities
planned, including family din-ners
and game nights, trips to
the beach or the lake, or church
on Sunday. Others simply want-ed
to spend time as a family.
For some, the long trip home
from Piedmont Triad Interna-tional
Airport would serve as
more than enough of an activity.
Denver, NC (a 2+ hour trip) res-ident
John Dunn commented,
“Honestly, I’m probably just go-ing
to have a beer and relax.”
FORUM
FROM PAGE 4
Student Alex Lawson
responded by saying, “Romney's
plan is not bold or new, but old
and dangerous. I suspect he really
doesn’t have a plan, but really
does want to be president.”
e forum then segued
into a debate, with students
of opposing ideologies asking
the representative and each
other about Romney's plan.
Conservative-leaning students
agreed with Romney's approach
to policy, while liberal-leaning
students tended to agree with
Perriello.
e two sides of the political
spectrum see the upcoming
2012 U.S. presidential race as
more than just a choice between
two di erent candidates in both
ideological temperament, or as a
referendum on the last four years
of President Barack Obama's time
in o ce. ey also see it as an
answer to the role of government.
Conservatives tend to want
government that promotes social
order and economic freedom,
while liberals tend to want
government that promotes social
freedom and economic order, and
the outcome of this election will
have a signi cant e ect on the
political trends in this country for
years to come.
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Opinions
The two party system fails on foreign policy discussion
Caleb Patterson
Sta Writer
e greatest failure of our two-party
duopoly is that when
the two major political parties
agree on an issue there is no
serious policy discussion, no
matter the severity of the issue
or public opinion. When there is
bipartisan consensus, no matter
how narrow the worldview
the two major parties occupy,
there is little discussion about
important matters of life and
death. e last presidential
debate on foreign policy
falls into this category. Mitt
Romney consistently agreed
with President Barack Obama,
thus this presidential campaign
will come to an end without
any serious conversation about
American foreign policy and
our role in the world.
Post-debate commentary by
the pundits again focused on
style over substance and zingers
over policy. It was le to the
comedians, such as Jon Stewart,
to point out the silencing
consensus that was ostensibly
labeled a debate. Obama and
Romney agreed that the United
States should wield outsized
in³ uence all around the world,
especially in the Middle East
and Northern Africa.
Romney referred to the
ongoing humanitarian crisis
in Syria as an “opportunity”
for American leadership, but
could not distinguish what
he would do di erently than
Obama. Both candidates used
military threats against Iran and
demanded that it end its nuclear
program. Neither, however,
pointed out that the strongest
nuclear powerhouse in the
region is Israel or that we are
the nuclear powerhouse of the
world and the only country to
drop atomic bombs on civilian
populations. Public opinion in
both the United States and Iran
who have deep concerns about
the amount of civilian casualties
and the anti-American hostility
that it banks around the world.
markets. ere are some real
issues of national security that
were not discussed in the debate.
e most obvious example is
failed War on Drugs policy.
Following the Sikh-temple and
Aurora shootings, the most
urgent security concern for most
Americans went undressed.
Our obsession with guns is not
just a domestic issue when the
United States is the largest arms
dealer in the world. Gun control
policy is the clearest example of
bipartisan consensus blocking
rational public policy.
To clear up any confusion,
we still have just one peaceful
country to our north, one
neighbor to the south whose
border we have militarized and
two giant oceans bu ering us
from most other countries. In
our 225 year history, we have only
been invaded twice by foreign
militaries but have done much
more invading. We spend more
on defense (well, o ense,) than
the rest of the world combined.
Listening to the foreign policy
debate between Obama and
Romney could have led one
to believe we are in imminent
danger, with bogeymen lurking
in every crevice of the world.
In the debate Romney said
that, “America has not dictated
to other nations. We have freed
other nations from dictators.”
is is like the bully who never
realizes he is a bully. Romney
clearly needs a history lesson.
Just recently, we supported
(and John McCain dined with)
Muammar el-Qadda until
it was apparent he was losing
power. We still support the
dictatorships of Bahrain and
Saudi Arabia. As a country, the
United States needs to move away
from militarism and support for
corrupt dictators. However, with
these two candidates, Obama
and Romney, a shi towards a
more humane foreign policy is
highly unlikely.
support a nuclear free zone
in the Middle East while the
leaders of these two countries
support a nuclear Middle East.
On Obama’s increased use of
unmanned aerial drone strikes in
countries with which we are not
at war—Yeoman, Somalia, and
most o en, Pakistan— Romney
agreed with Obama’s use of these
technologies. ere are many
Since these concerns fall outside
the narrow bipartisan beltway
consensus, they went unheard at
the debate.
ese issues fall more
generally into the foreign policy
category because they have little
to do with the actual security of
the American people and more
to do with increasing foreign
in³ uence and access to foreign
climate change. Many military
o¯ cials have called climate
change a national security
threat while the more quali ed
scienti c community has almost
uniformly declared it as such.
Among the four general election
debates, climate change was not
mentioned. Also not discussed
was the bloodshed in Mexico
that is a direct result of our
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Are Romney and Obama too similar on foreign policy?
6 T H E C A R O L I N I A N Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2012 WWW.UNCGCAROLINIAN.COM Opinions
Race excuse is just grasping for straws
With Barack Obama set to
lose re-election, the American
le -wing is grasping for straws
as it tries to explain the short-comings
of a leader that
Newsweek editor Evan omas
once described as, “sort of a
God.”
e excuses are far-ranging
in both their validity and
their absurdity. Some have
opened that Obama’s reliance
on executive authority may
have caused downfall of his
presidency. Others like Al Gore
have blamed the altitude for
Obama’s poor performance
in his rst debate against Mitt
Romney.
e biggest straw man being
touted in the media is that
Obama may not be re-elected
because of his race. is is
an inaccurate and dangerous
argument that threatens to
divide the country and re-open
wounds that should have been
closed decades ago.
e argument of some
perverse and unseen racism
causing political opposition
to Obama can be debunked
by looking back at the nation’s
political history. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the president most
similar to Obama ideologically
and also the architect of
the modern presidency,
encountered similar opposition
to his New Deal program. As
Lou Cannon of the Hu¯ ngton
Post pointed out in 2009, the
Hoover Institute hosts musings
by di erent citizens from the
1930s. A young physician
refers to the president of the
United States as “the crackpot
in Washington who is ruining
the country.” A businessman
decries his “socialistic
tendencies,” another denounces
him as a “despot.” e criticisms
against the white president
sound strikingly similar to
modern conservative backlash
against Obama.
Another point that debunks
this argument is the fact that
several of the conservative
leaders attacking Obama are
of African-American descent
themselves. Businessman
Herman Cain was a major
frontrunner in the Republican
primary this past year, and
could have won if not for a
personal scandal. Similarly,
Supreme Court Justice Clarence
omas has been a favorite
among conservatives since his
appointment to the court, and
omas Sowell’s libertarian-leaning
columns are always
among the most-read on
conservative sites like Townhall.
com. Each of these leaders were
also denounced because of their
race, but not by Republicans.
e Hu¯ ngton Post ran a blog
Chris McCracken
Features Editor
by Orlando Lima in 2007 stating
that, “Among us are a small
community of white-collar
professionals, entertainers and
athletes including notable Uncle
Toms like Clarence omas
and Condoleza Rice who
consistently try their damnedest
to create public policy that
screws over their own people.”
ese arguments are insidious
and irresponsible, and strike at
the very core of the darkest and
most lingering cloud to ever hang
over the head of the American
people. ere is evidence that
with the propagation of claims
that Obama is encountering
opposition because of his race,
racial tensions in America are
getting worse. A Daily Beast
article noted that, “According
to a Newsweek survey, only
32 percent of Americans now
think that race relations have
improved since the president’s
inauguration; roughly the same
number (30 percent) believe
they have gotten worse. Factor
in those who say nothing
has changed and the result is
staggering: nearly 60 percent of
Americans are now convinced
that race relations have either
deteriorated or stagnated under
Obama.”
is is a far cry from the “post-racial
society” that many leaders
envisioned with the election of
our rst black president. Even
more heartbreaking is the fact
that the vision was destroyed
because of hyperbolic coverage
of very routine and precedented
political opposition to le -wing
policies.
In the coming election, I predict
that the Obama campaign will
sink miserably. Many polls have
the president tied neck in neck
with his Republican challenger,
and most of these polls are
based on sampling done in
2008 when Democrats had a far
larger turnout than is expected
this year. Many di erent issues
have caused Obama’s poor re-election
prospects: anger over
massive government bailouts,
unprecedented reliance on
executive authority, massive
de cits run all four years of
the Obama presidency, high
unemployment, dissatisfaction
with the handling of the crisis
in Libya, the Fast and Furious
scandal, the Solyndra scandal…
and the list goes on and on.
Unfortunately, no matter big
the de cits, no matter how high
the unemployment rate, and no
matter how major the scandal,
some commentators and
journalists will inevitably use
underhanded racial smears to
protect their own points of view.
“The argument
of some
perverse and
unseen racism
causing political
opposition to
Obama can be
debunked by
looking back
at the nation’s
political history.“
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Will racism begin to grow again in our country?
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Gary Johnson is an alternative that could make both Obama and Romney supporters happy.
e election is two weeks
away and I think we are even
more excited by this fact than
are the exhausted candidates
crisscrossing their districts,
states, and nation. Americans
are tired of this election; that is
something we all can agree on.
Maybe we can agree on a whole
lot more than that. I think most
people would agree that neither
major party candidate really
speaks to their hopes, ideals,
and beliefs. Governor Romney’s
business skills seem appealing
in a time of economic turmoil,
but his tendency to ³ ip-³ op on
major (and minor) issues makes
many voters nervous. President
Obama’s naïve promise of hope
and change has failed. e
historic nature of 2008 seems
to have faded on those who
are headed to the polls in 2012.
Unfortunately, one of these
two men is likely to become
the next commander-in-chief.
Come inauguration day, many
Americans will likely wish
there was someone else, some
other choice. Well I am happy
to inform you that there is.
Gary Earl Johnson is running
as the Libertarian nominee
for president. Before you roll
your eyes, please note that Mr.
Johnson is no ordinary third
party candidate. As a college
student, he started a one man
handyman service that grew
into a thousand man company.
An avid outdoorsman, he
abstains from sugar and
ca eine, competes in Iron Man
competitions, and climbed
Mount Everest with a broken
leg. In 1994, he was elected
governor a er he defeated the
Republican Party establishment
candidate in the primary and
then an incumbent in the
general election. In 1998, he
won reelection against the
popular mayor of Albuquerque.
However, what sets apart
Johnson is not his personal
biography; it is his politics.
Americans have long gripped
about the cookie cutter nature
of the two party system. Not
everyone ts neatly into the
elephant and donkey molds.
Some people are socially
conservative, scally liberal.
A growing number of people
are socially liberal, scally
conservative. In a recent
Zogby poll, 59% of Americans
identi ed themselves as so. A
2009 Gallup poll indicated that
23% of the country identi ed
themselves as having libertarian
views. Both of these polls tell us
something we are already know:
Americans are not satis ed with
their choices. Enter Johnson.
As governor of one of the
poorest states in the nation,
Gary Johnson put his business
sense to work. He earned a
reputation as being a vetoer of
legislative excess and earned
the nickname “Governor No”
for vetoing more bills than the
rest of the nation’s governors
combined during the same
period (1995-2003.) He ran two
campaigns without negative
ads, exited the governorship
without scandal (unlike his
successor), and turned an
inherited budget de cit into a
surplus. is was in addition to
cutting government growth and
spending, cutting taxes, and
most famously in 1999, calling
for the decriminalization of
marijuana.
Gary Johnson is a twenty-
rst century Grover Cleveland
and he is the man we need
at the helm during this hour
of crisis. With the nation
embroiled in multiple wars and
with a rising de cit that both
parties helped create and which
neither party wants to tackle,
Americans cannot a ord to not
elect Johnson. Still, it remains
likely that one of the two major
candidates, Romney or Obama,
will be seated in the big chair
come January 20, 2013. Even if
you do not want to see Johnson
as president, there is good
reason for why you should vote
for him anyway.
For liberals, voting for
Johnson o ers what a chance
to press the reset button on
civil liberties. Obama promised
to end foreign wars, board
up Guantanamo Bay, and
protect the innocent who had
previously been victim to the
excesses of the Patriot Act. Four
years later, Guantanamo is still
open, Americans are involved
in growing con³ icts in Egypt,
and Libya, and the signature
of Bush’s post-9/11 strategy
remains the law of the land.
In a recent blog post, Conor
Friedersdorf, a supporter of
Obama in 2008, said, “I don’t
see how anyone who confronts
Obama’s record with clear eyes
can enthusiastically support
him.” He goes on to say that
Joseph Winberry
Sta Writer
Gary Johnson an alternative for everyone
he cannot understand liberal
support for Obama considering
the president’s record on civil
liberties at home and abroad. A
vote for Johnson would remind
the Democrats to return to
their stubborn support for civil
libertarianism.
Republicans fed up with their
party’s social issue obsession
and lousy record on spending
should vote for Johnson to
remind the GOP of their
roots. Johnson was a candidate
for the 2012 Republican
nomination for a short time
and was previously a two term
Republican governor. He has a
record of tax cutting, but more
importantly, he has a record of
spending cutting, something
that the modern GOP lacks
a stomach for. By voting for
a former member of their
party, Republicans can reassert
the party’s identity as being
supportive of small government
and individual responsibility.
Independents should vote for
Johnson because he is neither
of the two party guys. America
has not had a third party or
independent president since
Lincoln, and before him it was
Washington. Is it not time we
had one? Could a third party
president really be any worse
than the group that has been
running the country for the past
een years?
Gary Johnson probably will
not be elected president in 2012.
However, if he wins ve percent
of the popular vote, he can get
matching funds for a 2016 bid
and that is when the fun really
begins. Join me in helping him
get there; we can send a message
to the two party monopoly at
the same time. In the governor’s
own words, “Wasting your vote
is voting for somebody that you
do not believe in. I am asking
everybody … to waste your vote
on me.”
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Debates short on substance, wildly entertaining
Samantha Korb
Sta Writer
Now that the Presidential and
Vice Presidential Debates are in
the books, we are a week away
from Election Day. I have spent
six hours watching debates, and
frankly, I am glad they are over.
As always, debates are never
really like old fashioned debates
that you might have watched
or participated in during high
school debate club. Rather,
these debates are chances for
the candidates to recite their
slogans, murky the other
candidates’ positions and/or
words, and throw a few zingers
into the mix. e debates were
full of highlight clips, much
like NFL Red Zone on Sundays.
Everything from Big Bird to
binders full of women and
whoppers were there to laugh
at. e debates might have been
short on any new plans or words
we had heard before but they
were certainly entertaining.
As a voter who has
already made up my mind as to
who I am voting for, the debates
were useless in trying to change
my vote. I imagine that those
who are strong supporters of
both Romney and Obama were
looking for ammunition to the
re for their candidate’s success
as opposed to looking for ways
to have their minds changed.
Nevertheless, presidential
debates are always great talking
points, for both the Democrats
and the Republicans.
As a self-identi ed political
nerd, I watched previous
Presidential and Vice
Presidential debates on CSPAN
before this recent set of debates.
In comparing previous debates
such as Gore/Bush in 2000,
Dole/Clinton in 1996, and
even Vice President George
H.W. Bush and VP candidate
Geraldine Ferraro in 1984,
I noticed that not much has
changed, particularly with
the style and the format of the
debates. However, the one thing
I am noticing the most about
the more recent debates is that
candidates are interrupting
each other a lot more and just
being ³ at out rude to each other.
Romney has consistently
acted like he deserves more time
than Obama to talk during the
debates. A er the rst debate,
where Romney “won” on style
and aggressiveness, Obama had
to bring out the claws because
Chris Matthews seemed to have
a heart attack on the rst debate
night. I, too, was disappointed
with Obama’s performance that
night, mainly because debates
are not really about facts, but
about how you present your
case, even if there are numerous
fact checkers who say otherwise.
No one candidate is completely
true about his facts during
these debates, but there is some
substance there amidst the one
liners and the exasperated sighs
from Joe Biden.
My favorite debate was the
second Presidential debate, the
Town Hall debate. Although,
the Vice Presidential debate
was entertaining, it was not
the best content-wise. Town
Hall debates are set up to be
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Were the debates all zingers, no substance?
the most interactive of all
the debates, with undecided
voters able to ask candidates
questions in a very personal
way. Questions, like the one
from 20 year old Jeremy Epstein
who was worried about nding
employment a er graduation,
were pertinent to me and many
others graduating in December
and May this academic year.
e responses to such questions
were meant more to tarnish
images than to really get to
know the candidate. No one
asked Jeremy what eld he was
in, nor did they really answer
his question. However, that
is to be expected. What was
done really well was Obama’s
eye contact with the people in
the audience, while Romney
seemed stand o¯ sh and very
agitated at times.
I was disappointed with the
lack of domestic topics and
wide range of topics that could
and should have been included
in the four debates. ere was
one mention about abortion
in the Vice Presidential debate
where Martha Raddatz framed
it quite nicely. Beyond that,
the two main topics were the
economy and issues relating to
foreign policy with focuses on
Libya, Iran, Iraq, China, Russia
and Afghanistan. ere were no
mentions of anything related to
gay and lesbian policies, climate
change, drug policies, European
nances, so on and so forth.
If you were new to American
politics, just from the debates,
you would think that no other
issues mattered besides the ones
talked about in the debates.
As always, debates are great
fodder for social media. I have
seen the most about Big Bird
and binders for the rst time
in a long time. I am surprised
malarkey and whoppers weren’t
thrown out onto Twitter as
much. Nevertheless, I think
Big Bird has certainly made
a comeback. Now that the
debates are over, it is time for
the candidates to ght like they
have never fought before. In a
week’s time, we will know who
will get the last laugh.
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A&E Halloween puts everyone in the
mood for a good scare. In light
of this, let us take a look back
at the greatest horror lms of
the new millennium. ese
lms may not be the “best”
per say, but they make up the
most underrated, bizarre, and
“must see” horror lms that this
generation has to o er.
10. Martyrs (2008):
Pascal Laugier’s nihilistic,
unrelentingly gory lm serves
as a gauntlet for any horror
fan to see if they can stomach
this brand of brutal, new wave
French horror. One does not
simply watch “Martyrs” so much
as you are forced to endure it.
9. Halloween II (2009):
Rob Zombie is one of the best
horror directors working today,
and his second foray into this
famous slasher series is his
most underrated work. is
is his most emotional, deeply
felt portrait of familial tragedy.
With his signature grungy
aesthetic, Zombie contrasts
brutal violence with a portrayal
of the inner turmoil caused by
such horri cally violent events.
At once ugly and beautiful,
“Halloween II” is the most
surreal, poignant outing for
Michael Myers yet.
* is refers to the “Halloween
II” Director’s Cut, not the
theatrical version.
8. Let the Right One In
(2008):
Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation
is an allegory for the pain of
adolescence, and how it can
be a prolonged horror for Eli,
an eternally young vampire
girl. Alfredson’s gorgeous,
aesthetically expressive vision
is a touching study in human
loneliness, and a dazzling
coming of age story. is lm
would later spawn an American
remake, “Let Me In,” which is
almost just as good.
7. The House of the Devil
(2009):
Ti West’s nostalgic, utterly
creepy throwback to the genre
lms of the 80s rises above mere
homage, with West carving out
his own place in today’s horror
scene. West relies on suspense
and anxiety over explicit gore.
Consequentially, when he does
punctuate his lm with abrupt
violence, it feels all the more
e ective. “ e House of the
Devil,” is a fun, devilish roller
coaster ride.
6. Audition (2001):
Takashi Miike, the gonzo
Japanese director, delivers one
of his more reserved, insanely
eerie lms with “Audition.”
Perhaps all you need to know
is that the lm’s sudden shi in
the second half features some
of the most terrifying images
ever committed to celluloid.
Acupuncture needles and piano
wire will never look the same
a er this lm.
5. The Descent (2006):
Possibly the scariest, most
intense horror lm of the new
millennium, “ e Descent”
is Neil Marshall’s portrait of a
woman put through the gauntlet,
as she must face what awaits her
in the darkness. It is brilliant in
its creation of claustrophobia
and piercing sound. Marshall’s
ending recalls the original “ e
Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and
a little added ambiguity. is
eventually suggests that the dark
corners and manifestations of
the mind can sometimes wipe
out the light at the end of the
tunnel.
4. Inside (2007):
e most e ective body-horror
movie in a long time, this
artistically constructed portrait
of unrelenting violence is a
French horror lm that uses the
home, and domestic space as a
metonymic device for a woman’s
body. e endless amounts of
blood that eventually comes
e ectively signals a mother’s
worst nightmares come
true. “Inside” is ultimately a
remarkable lm about the things,
both physical and imagined, that
grow inside of us.
3. The Devil’s Rejects (2005):
Rob Zombie’s best lm places
him at the top of his powers,
evoking his own sense of the
grotesque and the nuclear family.
He combines them into a lmic
experience that is wholly unique.
More fun to watch than it has any
right to be, “ e Devil’s Rejects”
is a carnivalesque experience so
viscerally impactful, that if its
subject matter not so twisted, it
might be more widely recognized
as the near masterpiece it is.
2. Pulse (Kairo) (2001):
e Japanese original that
spawned a terrible American
remake, “Pulse” is the generation
de ning lm about technology
and the internet, and how they
promote alienation. Coming
almost a decade before the
supposed “movie of our times,”
“ e Social Network,” “Pulse”
begs for the return of real,
shared emotions. us, it is
almost unbearably horri c in
its depiction of the soul sucking
capabilities of technology.
1. Wolf Creek (2005):
Clearly positioning itself with
such 70s horror classics as
“ e Hills Have Eyes” and “ e
Texas Chainsaw Massacre,”
Greg McLean’s “Wolf Creek”
is an homage that never falls
subject to the wink-wink
hollowness that plagues so
many modern horror lms.
Instead, McLean’s raw, viciously
disturbing lm, creates an
expressionistic atmosphere in
its rst half. en, delves itself
into a hellish, incomprehensibly
savage nightmare in its latter
half. McLean’s lm drips with
style, as the mood creates a
lyrical sense of doom that is at
the same time unsettling and
oddly beautiful. “Wolf Creek”
is that rare horror lm that gets
under your skin, not through
cheap jump scares, but through
McLean’s slow building tension.
is is an uncommonly e ective
horror lm, one that will
hopefully and eventually claim
its rightful place alongside the
genre classics.
Brad Dillard
Sta Writer
Best Horror Films Since 2000
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Wolf Creek is a rare horror lm that gets under your skin
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Since their two previous
traveling exhibits, “Bodies
Revealed” and “Titanic,” the
Natural Science Center has
added a new feature to their
museum. “Accidental Mummies
of Guanajuato” is the rst of this
certain exhibit to be displayed
on the East Coast, and it has
intrigued people of all ages and
nationalities to come experience
the scienti c and historical
backgrounds of the mummies
on display. Not only is this
showcase a great compliment to
the spirit of Halloween, it is an
educationally enriching sight to
experience as well.
e collection of rare,
naturally mummi ed and
completely accidental mummies
is currently on loan from
the Museo de las Momias de
Guanajuato, or “Museum of
the Mummies”, of Guanajuato,
Mexico. 112 total accidental
mummies where discovered and
preserved through the museum,
30 of which are on display that
the Natural Science Center.
Due to the fact that many
people in the Triad are from
Guanajuato, the exhibit has
seen an increase in Hispanic
visitors. With such a variety
of visitors, the exhibit was
developed into the rst bilingual
exhibit at the Natural Science
Center. Translators are available
to translate and interpret for
anyone who might need it. “It’s
just a great way to expose people
to the culture,” commented the
museum’s Director of Marketing
Ste any Reeve, “not only as a
way to celebrate life, but death
and the traditions that go along
with it.”
A unique way to interacting
with the exhibit and learning
more from the mummies on
display is through “Uncover
Your Mummy.” Cards are given
at the beginning on the tour that
gives three clues as to who your
speci c mummy is. As you go
through the tour, you have to
nd out who your mummy is.
is is a great way to get adults
and children involved as well as
get them excited about learning
about the multifaceted aspects of
the exhibit.
e rst body was discovered
in 1865 in Guanajuato, Mexico.
A cholera outbreak led to an
increase in deaths. People had to
start paying for their ancestors to
be put in crypts, most of which
were above ground. When a
family could not pay the death
tax, a crypt was exposed. Dr.
Remigio Leroy, still with clothes,
hair, and skin, became the rst
discovered naturally mummi ed
mummy. e middle layer of
crypts were protected from
rainwater and stored in such
an air-tight facility, that the
remains of these deceased could
not deteriorate, and therefore
underwent a process of natural
mummi cation.
Since the natural
mummi cation happened
randomly, a wide variety of
people, not just royalty, were
mummi ed. Men, women,
and children, who are typically
persevered the best, are on
display in the exhibit. Most
of the bodies still have their
ngernails, toenails, and clothes
in tact. “We weren’t sure what
people’s reactions would be like,”
said Reeve, “ e exhibit is about
death, but more importantly, it’s
about life and the science behind
it and it explores the di erent
ways of the culture.”
Taking care of the mummies
in this exhibit is not easy.
Resource Manager of Volunteers
and Collections, Kelli Crawford
is responsible for controlling the
temperature and humidity of
each case. She elaborated: “It’s
not just an artifact. You’re taking
care of a person.” “Accidential
Mummies” is still on display
and runs through December 30.
With the new pricing, students
can receive a generous discount
o their ticket with their student
ID cards. On Nov. 2, the exhibit
will host a “Day of the Dead”
celebration where visitors can
view the exhibit, have some great
food, and experience authentic
Mexican culture. For more
information, visit the Center’s
website at http://www.natsci.
org/index.shtml
Megan Christy
Sta Writer
accidental mummies
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The remains of the deceased could not deteriorate, and therefore underwent a
process of natuaral muf cation
Jazz music has the ability to
bring people together with its
swing and pureness that capture
the essence of its tenacity.
Solos, improvisation, carefully
performed scales, and powerful
chords made for an incredible
night at Tate Street Co ee on
Oct. 25. Every ursday, the
co eehouse hosts a “Jazz Night”
where incredibly talented
UNCG students perform and
delight co ee drinkers with
their contagious passion. By
8 p.m., the place was already
packed with people eager to
hear the young performers.
e diverse crowd ranged from
those casually doing homework
or reading a book, to groups of
friends out for a night to relax
away from a busy week.
e night began with “I let a
Song Go out of My Heart,” a song
by one of jazz’s most famous
American composers, Duke
Ellington. Alex Smith, who was
accompanied by his group made
up of a keyboard, bass and drum
set, impeccably performed
the sweetness and honesty
of the saxophone. e group
instantly got the crowd dancing
and equally engaged in their
‘call and response’ tactics—a
densely used method in this
musical genre, that consists of
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Special to The Carolinian
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the performers encouraging the
audience to respond to whatever
they request of them.
Most of the songs were
composed of extensive solos
which were greatly appreciated
not only by the crowd, who
would cheer and applaud the
performers, but also by the
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e New Jersey punks in Titus
Andronicus may not follow in
the hardcore, power-violent
footsteps of their touring mates
Ceremony, but they certainly
exhibited punk’s work ethic on
Friday, Oct. 26 when they played
two performances in a single day
across North Carolina.
e rowdy punks played a
small show with Superchunk
member and Merge Records
co-founder Mac McCaughan
in Durham at a voter rally to
encourage North Carolina voters
to participate in early voting.
ough the band’s recently
released record is entitled “Local
Business,” there is nothing about
Patrick Stickles’ whiny raps that
is particularly political—the
indie-rock frontman spends
most of his time cra ing grand
and rebellious themes against a
society hell-bent on gentrifying
and weighing down his college-age
audience. ere is something
signi cant in the association of
Stickles’ lyricism and politics,
however, and the Andronicus’
second show of the day at
Greensboro’s CFBG proved
that the band’s slogan-centric
performances could justify
a campaign run lled with
shotgunning beers, dancing,
and screaming at the top of their
lungs.
e pairing of Titus
Andronicus and Ceremony is
outwardly a strange combination,
a fact that even Stickles copped
to when he thanked Ceremony
for joining them on tour.
ough Ceremony’s thrash has
recently been dialed down to
accommodate a wider audience
with this year’s release of
“Zoo,” the least acrimonious
entry in their discography, the
juxtaposition of Ross Farrar’s
ferocious barks and Stickles’
boisterous charm is as jarring as
witnessing their two individual
audiences. e slam dancing
and aggressive moshing began as
soon as “Into e Wayside Part
1/Sick” began pouring out of
Farrar’s mouth, sloshing against
the crowd’s ¥ ying punches and
jolting bodies. ere existed
nothing on Farrar’s face but the
utmost severity of rasp screams
and the fury of hardcore, an
image that contrasted greatly
with the sweaty smiles plastered
across Titus Andronicus later in
the night.
Held in the parking lot of
the small record co-op, the
outside performances avoided
being dulled by the brisk night
thanks to Titus Andronicus’
warm, garrulous presence. As
mentioned above, the boys of
Andronicus make for a crowd-swelling
performance thanks
to the natural gang-mentality
embedded within their songs.
“No Future Part ree: Escape
From No Future” and its key,
repetitious line of “You will
always be a loser” was just one
example of Titus Andronicus
unfurling the crowd’s hostile
nature through hits from their
2010 record “ e Monitor.” at
seminal release has not seemed to
direct the New Jersey natives into
an endless spiral of repeating past
successes: the recently released
“Local Business” feels rather
hermetic of Titus Andronicus’
accomplishments in 2010; it is
a conventional and competent
entry that has not truncated the
band’s earnest punk rock. Even
the ebullient “Food Fight!,” a
track on “Local Business” that
feels rather perfunctory on
record, still manages to use a
live performance to capture that
line between joy and energy that
Stickles and company manage to
cross so o en.
e audience of Titus
Andronicus could not have
been more receptive to the
band’s excellent set-list, and few
could blame them when the
band chose to play their most
worthwhile hits. Short, stubby,
and infectious one-liners like
“Titus Andronicus Forever”
and its rapturous chorus of
“ e enemy is everywhere” and
the rip-roaring ri s of “A More
Perfect Union” were enough
to make a tiny parking lot in
Greensboro feel monstrous. At
the height of his performance,
Patrick Stickles’ rambunctious
loathing can in¥ ate the chest
of any downtrodden youth he
pleases. is is the strength of
Titus Andronicus: a united,
hopeless audience pulled along
by witty punk slogans, bent
on carrying the cause of their
sweaty leader.
Ceremony and Titus
Andronicus exist in a curious
parallel considering the
reception of their most recent
releases—two accomplished
bands churning out middling-to-
competent content can
disappoint any fan, though
these punks still harness the
live intensity that made them
noteworthy in the rst place.
Kyle Minton
Sta Writer
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The boys of Titus Andronicus make for a crowd-swelling performance
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Punk band Ceremony shared the stage with Titus Andronicus
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musicians themselves. eir
energy, dedication, and passion
towards the world of music was
inevitably seen by those around
them. e group members
would direct a so smile at each
other a er their solos in approval
and gratitude. One could really
see the intense appreciation and
sensitivity they had for music.
“White Tiger Blood” was what
they called themselves that night
a er a shouted suggestion from
the crowd; they decided to keep
the name for the rest of their
performance. e night took a
di erent turn when the melody
of the song “Pure Imagination”
from the famous lm Willy
Wonka & e Chocolate Factory
travelled through the friendly
and romantic atmosphere
set in the co eehouse. is
song transported all to their
own thoughts and memories.
Everyone seemed lost in the
music while the musicians
skillfully portrayed the magical
e ect of such an unforgettable
piece.
As the performance came to
its end, “White Tiger Blood”
transitioned to a jam session.
e musicians existed the stage
accompanied by an everlasting
applause and gave way to another
group of students. Talent was all
around, as the night continued
its journey through incredible
improvisation. UNCG students
came together to portray the
eternal energy of jazz through the
freshness of fall in the comfort of
the co eehouse atmosphere set
in the streets of our very own
university that evening.
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The performers had an intense appreciation for their music
As the second most
commercial holiday, right
behind Christmas, Halloween
costume sales are skyrocketing
through the roof. But why
has Halloween become so
popular? Many propose that the
“vampire a ect” has increased
the popularity of Halloween
amongst today’s youth. Ever since
the very popular series, Twilight,
graced the eyes of extremely
loyal followers, many other
TV shows, books, and movies
have emerged with a vampire
concept and story line. e book
and movie series’ revenue has
produced Hollywood’s highest
paid actress, Kristen Steward.
Vampires, werewolves, and the
supernatural have become an
interest of our youth and for the
entertainment world, and area to
make money.
As children, Halloween is
highly anticipated because one
gets to dress up and collect
a ton of candy, and eat the
majority of it in one setting. As
adults, Halloween is an excuse;
an excuse to dress up and be
something crazy without being
judged. It’s a night to be care free
and to just have a good time.
Finding the perfect costume
can be stressful for some, and
impromptu for others. So what
are some popular costumes to
choose from this year?
Last year, Snookie, Angry
Birds, and Lady Gaga costumes
were very popular and highly
worn. is year, many media
outlets are reporting that
topping our very own president
and his opponent are the top-selling
costumes. President
Obama masks are selling out
all over the nation. Within
the top 10 Couples’ costumes
would include a combination of
President Obama and Governor
Mitt Romney mask. With
the election days away, this
is a very relevant and comica
combination. Not to mention
it is an economical win, since
you only have to buy the mask
and wear a suit from your
own closet. Top Gun and e
Avengers are also two popular
costume ideas this year. Besides
cultural references or jokes,
the top Halloween costumes
are fairly consistent. e most
popular from year to year
include superheroes, Disney
Princesses, pirates, and re
and police men, and women.
ese ideas do not take a lot
of thought and can are easily
accessible, which may be being
the reason for their consistent
popularity.
Pets are also getting in the
action of this holiday being
another area of increased pro ts
of Halloween apparel. Many
feel the need to dress up their
pets in little costumes simply
add to the H. e bumble- bee,
Elvis, Lady “Dogga” (the canine
version of Lady Gaga), the
Crayon, and Superman are the
Top 5 Halloween costumes for
pets.
With growing income from
pet, kids, and adult costumes,
and the extraordinary interior
and exterior home decorations,
one can see why Halloween
is becoming more and more
commercial. Although some
stores are already preparing for
Christmas, which always comes
at a traditionally early time,
will Halloween one day surpass
Christmas in being the most
commercial holiday? Only time
will tell.
Tom Gill
Sta Writer
Top Halloween Costumes of 2012
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Within the Top 10 Couples Costumes are Obama and Romney
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internet interaction: chat
rooms, reddit, & online dating
How the internet has revolutionized campaigns
Emily Brown
Sta Writer
Technology has played an
integral role in the upbringing
of Millennials. Our generation
is accustomed to instant co ee
and instant messages. Our
relationship with technology
has inspired an argument
as to whether or not the
technological advancements
we have made were for the
better, or whether they limited
our ability to think critically,
exert patience, or appreciate
the hardships of reality. One
of the most interesting ways to
explore both the good and the
bad aspects of technology for
the Millennial generation is to
assess technology and political
campaigns.
We hear “campaigns” and
have a much easier time
coming up with the “bad,” even
the “ugly,” but there is good.
Presidential candidates have a
more immediate portal to the
public. Barack Obama, for one,
has taken advantage of YouTube
to host a new Town Hall, in
which any American could pose
a question to the President. Jon
Huntsman, Jill Stein and Barack
Obama have used Reddit, a
popular networking site with
interest-speci c subpages to be
temporarily available to users
who had questions or concerns
during the Presidential Primary
and earlier stages of the General
Election. e campaign for Mitt
Romney regularly sponsors
and promotes certain Twitter
hashtags with the purpose of
targeting users and allowing for
discussion. Other hashtags, such
as #CantA ord4More, see great
success with conservative users
on Twitter.
e accessibility to our
favorite political pundits and
local politicians has changed
our election culture as we
know it. e internet has
given politicians di erent
opportunities for fundraising.
In 2008, the Barack Obama
campaign utilized the internet
for small donations under
$100. e new-wave appeal to
young voters, along with the
request for donations produced
an incredible bank account for
the Obama campaign. Both
candidates in this election cycle
have utilized similar approaches,
along with creating online stores
with campaign merchandise.
Supporters can buy from
the website, and because the
purchase is equivalent to a
campaign donation, they do
not have to pay sales taxes or a
shipping fee. Besides the waiting
game prior to the delivery, that
makes the purchase equivalent
to going to Old Navy and
walking out with a tank top.
Technology has made each of
us a more important individual
to a political campaign. We
are a more accessible fan base
with the World Wide Web
and our attachment to smart
phones and PDAs, meaning that
candidates are subconsciously
more responsible for going out
of their way to reach each of us.
Both Presidential candidates
have Tumblr, Pinterest,
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
and some other accounts that
may be unlisted here. Even more
interesting - their sta does, too.
e individual personalities that
have created the atmosphere and
core values of the Romney or
Obama campaigns are evident.
For example, the Digital Team
for Barack Obama is known for
tweeting interesting countdown
updates to the Election Day.
When 28 days were le until
November 6, Harper (@
Harper), tweeted “there is a
February le until Election
Day!” Similarly, members of the
Romney campaign have been
able to take jabs at the President,
such as drawing a landing strip
near a North Carolina Victory
o ce and asking the President
(@BarackObama) when he was
going to land his plane in North
Carolina.
O en, technology is seen
as a method of cheapening
social interaction. As if our
parents were keen listeners
at the dinner table, they are
o ended by our attachment to
our cellphones when they try
to make conversations with us.
As members of the Millennial
generation become parents, they
have to battle with important
new responsibilities and their
acute social engagement. e
relationship between employers
and sta has evolved with new
complications, and there is a new
boundary for school systems
to train educators in regards to
the relationship they have with
their students. It is important
to understand the entire
myriad of changes presented
to society with technological
advancements in social
interaction, particularly with
civic engagement and political
awareness. It is hard to be on
Facebook at all without knowing
at least a marginal amount of
information about candidates
on the ticket this November, and
both candidates deserve kudos
for their willingness to engage
a myriad of di erent voter
factions through all the possible
social media exposures this year.
Despite the complications
with virtual realities, the world-wide
web and all of its factions
still exists as a platform in which
individuals of any walk of life
can access information. Perhaps
arguments among loved ones
will graduate from snail mail
to email with italicized insults
and all-caps emphasis. ose
moderately intrigued by a
candidate’s accessibility will also
graduate from brie¥ y reading a
newspaper article to perusing
their entire Wikipedia Page,
perhaps their campaign page,
and hopefully by reaching out to
them with a question on Twitter,
a thought-provoking critique
on their Facebook status, and
sharing a new perspective with
strangers around the world on
Reddit.
Both campaigns have made big use of networks like Twitter in 2012.
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Lessons of Google
Jonathan Waye
Sta Writer
e pursuit of knowledge has
been a driving force in our world
since the beginning of recorded
history; the world of technology
included. With computer science
on the rise during the 1980s and
90s, it was only a matter of time
before someone would think
to network them. e internet
enabled the vast global network
to be created, and granted access
to communicate with other
computers around the world.
In its early stages, however,
the internet su ered from
disorganization, hindering the
process of sharing information;
the network needed a librarian.
Entering stage-le : Larry Page
and Sergey Brin, the founders
of Google. Turns out these guys
were actually college buddies at
Stanford University and in 1998
decided to create Google, the one
we all know and love. With the
disorganization of data in mind,
Google decided this should be
their mission: “to organize the
world’s information and make
it universally accessible and
useful.”
I am fairly certain that I speak
for all of us when I say it is an
integral part of my life. If you
have a smartphone, I am sure
you use at least one “Gmail”
account, and have a Google
search bar on one of your phone’s
windows. It is clear that Google
has fundamentally changed the
way we approach interaction
with the online web.
On Google’s company website,
they list 10 helpful tips they have
learned throughout their young
career. e most important of
which, is the belief that “fast
is better than slow.” Chrome
continually outperforms itself,
breaking its own speed records.
is sort of innovation sort
of innovation is a compelling
force in the technological world,
and is what makes the “Google
experience” so quick and
streamlined.
Another prime belief is that
“there is always more information
out there.” Judging by the rate at
which this international globe
is growing, there is bound to
more. Sure, maybe the internet
has millions of results for “cute
kittens,” but what about less
popular search queries? How do
we nd these bits of information
if they are not accessible from
where we are? Google has made
short work of connecting these
websites together, allowing
users to quickly nd whatever
information they seek, whether
it be “how to remove super glue”
or “psychoanalytical critiques of
William Shakespeare’s Tempest,”
you can trust you will nd
answers nearly instantaneously.
“We keep speed in mind with
each new product we release.”
is brings us to another
important point: “You don’t
need to be at your desk to need
an answer.” How many times
have you simply wondered
something trivial, but it bugs you
until you found out? “How deep
is the Grand Canyon?” You may
even need it for an urgent need
or situation, such as what to do
a er you get into a car accident.
Regardless of the scenario, the
basic need is the same: we all need
to access information, especially
when it is inconvenient or made
impossible.
A nal point is that “the
need for information crosses
all borders.” People everywhere
are trying to connect and
access information on a global
network that we all are a part
of. e vastness of this network
is astounding; why can we not
make it globally accessible?
anks to some very e cient
streamlining, Google provides
users with the ability to nd
answers regardless of their
physical location.
Internet chatting in history
Chris McCracken
Features Editor
e social landscape of
virtually every college campus
in America is dominated by
technology. Today, social
interactions that were once
entirely done by word-of-mouth
are achieved online. Want to
ask a person out for a date?
You will probably click through
their Facebook to check for a
signi cant other. Want to attend
a fraternity party or promote an
event? You are probably more
likely to post about it on Twitter
rather than hand out ¥ yers on
College Avenue. is is a clear
sign of the times: technology
is now relatively cheap, and
readily accessible, making it an
inevitable option for students.
But how did our culture grow
to be so focused on technology
for day-to-day communications?
One of the clearest evolutions
in many students’ lifetimes has
been the rise and fall of the
internet chat room.
In the 1990s, America Online
was the dominant internet
service provider in the country.
e service was known for
its numerous commercials
featuring computers zooming
through the internet at
lightning-fast speed, and for
sending out free CD-ROMs
for recipients to download the
platform. e dial-up service
provided a clean so ware portal
that served as a gateway to the
internet, and allowed users to
click buttons to access many
key features. Instead of typing
“gmail.com” into a browser,
for example, users could click
“mail,” and their inbox would
pop up instantly.
e popularity of the service
was unreal. Reggie Fairchild,
Product Manager for AOL
4.0 recalled that, “When we
launched AOL 4.0 in 1998, AOL
used ALL of the world-wide CD
production for several weeks.
ink of that. Not a single
music CD or Microso CD was
produced during those weeks.”
One of the coolest features
of America Online was its chat
room feature. At a time when
home computers were a novelty
and the cell phone was the size a
brick, the service allowed users to
connect to hundreds of people at
once, completely anonymously.
Tanner Maluchnik, a blogger
for LifeDestiny.com wrote, “As
a curious youngster, I delved
deeply into the fascination of
being able to chat with people
across the world on just about
any topic you could think of.
AOL chat rooms covered just
about any niche you could think
of, just as today social media
sites cater to just about any niche
Online dating: a tool of
the future for lovers
Charlena Wynn
Sta Writer
e internet has become a
part of our everyday lives at an
increasing rate. Communication
is faster via video chats like
Skype and Oovoo, email, and
instant messaging. Being able
to meet and talk to someone in
a di erent state or country is
appealing to many who want to
meet new people.
It is no surprise that online
dating has become so popular
with about 54 million singles
in the United States. About 40
million people in the U.S. have
tried online dating in hopes to
meet a future partner. More men
than women use online dating at
52.5 percent for men and 47.5
percent for women. Online
dating users are between 19 and
89, the median age is 48 years
old. With that being said, there
are dangers. About 10 percent
of sex o enders have used these
sites to meet people. While fun
and interesting, precautions
should be taken when talking
online to protect your identity
as well as your physical self.
People have the potential to lie
about a number of things that
would otherwise keep you from
showing interest.
rough online dating, people
can select the type of person that
they feel most attracted to. ese
sites require that a user answer
a standardized questionnaire
and psychological tests to
collect data. e information
is then processed and is le as
an option to post on the users
pro le for others to see so other
members can decide whether or
not they are interested. ese
decisions can be based on race,
age, height, and body type. Even
religious and political beliefs
and education come into play.
For some users, this o ers them
the control they seek in nding
a partner.
Sites like Match.com and
Plenty of Fish show possible
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Reddit: the “wild west” of the world wide web
Ashley Northup
Opinions Editor
It has been said that the
Internet in its current state is a
lot like the Wild West. ere are
very few regulations, and you are
on your own when it comes to
navigation. If that is true, then
Reddit, the so-called “front page
of the Internet,” is a forum where
all the good and bad of this Wild
West atmosphere are squeezed
into one place.
Reddit is composed of many
di erent areas called Subreddits.
e most popular ones cover
topics like atheism, politics,
humor, news, and gaming.
However, there are Subreddits
for just about anything you can
imagine. If you cannot nd a
Subreddit for your niche hobby
or interest, you can make one.
ere is also a front page of the
most popular stories across the
various Subreddits. As of right
now the top stories include a
bureaucrat in India who ghts
corruption, an AMA (ask me
anything, an open question and
answer,) with the editors of e
Onion, a cat picture, a Banjo
Kazooie Halloween costume, a
Susan B. Anthony quote about
religion, and a scam message
received on Xbox Live.
e vastness of topics on
Reddit can easily be used to
represent the vastness of the
Internet itself. With that vastness
comes the wild part of the Wild
West. Moderation is always a
topic of debate online. How
much moderation is too much?
e general consensus on the
Internet has been that it should
remain free and unregulated,
but then situations like taking
pictures of women and putting
them online against their will
or child pornography come up,
making the basic idea of leaving
everything open complicated.
e rules of Reddit consist of a
list smaller than you will see just
about anywhere else. ey do
not allow spamming, cheating,
posting of personal information,
or child pornography. e child
pornography rule is a recent
one. ere was once a Subreddit
called jailbait with pictures of
minors. ere was an outcry,
and eventually Reddit shut it
down and put up the new rule.
Another topic of privacy came
when a community member
named Violentacrez had his
personal identity shared by
username Gawker. He posted
some questionable content and
was a moderator of Subreddits
dedicated to photos of underage
girls and similar themes. e
public outing caused him to lose
his job. Many on Reddit were
opposed to this, under the idea
that attacking and persecuting
someone because they do
things you do not agree with is
a dangerous line to cross. It is
a popular line of thought, but
not always one that holds up
in all situations. For example,
recently when a bus monitor was
mercilessly bullied by teenage
boys Reddit took action and
raised $600,000 for her. at also
led to those teenage boys having
their information put up on the
Internet, and receiving death
threats.
ere have been other
benevolent events with no
downsides. When a post came
up about Omari, a man who
defended a Kenyan orphanage
from attackers but was wounded
in the attack, Reddit raised over
$70,000 for the orphanage. is
allowed it to have fences and a
lot more food. e initial goal to
be raised was $2,000.
e thing about the Wild
West is that it all comes down
the cowboys. Sheri s want to
regulate everything, and bandits
want to destroy everything, but
cowboys can go either way. e
users of the Internet are the ones
deciding how it functions. e
important part, though, is the
good. Reddit, like the Wild West,
is not regulated on the hope that
in the end there are enough good
people to keep it from being
unlivable. So far, that seems to
be the case.
Reddit has been a source of good for the internet; the network once
raised $600,000 for a victim of bullying.
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pro le matches. is allows
users to contact possible matches
through a noti cation that lets
the other know that someone is
interested in them. Most of these
sites have features that are only
available through a monthly fee.
For instance, Match.com charges
members to message with other
users. Without the membership,
Match.com is obsolete thus
making it harder to connect.
Match.com and eHarmony are
among the dating sites that some
nd to have the best quality
singles. is could be because of
their membership fees; people
are more likely to be interested
in a serious relationship, and
they see this as an investment
in their future versus other sites
like Okcupid, Plenty of Fish and
Zoosk.
Is online dating more bene cial
than meeting someone in person
by chance or through a friend?A
study published by Psychological
Science in the Public Interest
and reported by Time Magazine
says that internet dating may be
good for singles when it comes
to meeting new people, but not
necessarily when it comes to
you can think of.”
One How Stu Works article
quoted the statistics for AOL chat
room usage in the early 2000s:
“According to statistics from the
Pew Internet & American Life
Project, 55 percent of online
teens and 28 percent of online
adults used chat rooms. But by
2005, those numbers had fallen
to 18 percent of teens and 17
percent of adults.”
Eventually, the chaos of
anonymous chat rooms gave
way to less anonymous instant
messaging. Products like the free
AOL Instant Messenger allowed
users to add one-another to a
“buddy list,” and communicate
via text in real time. is mode
of communication was like a
primitive form of texting.
By 2005, the popular social
networking website MySpace
began to rise in popularity,
and the use of both dial up
internet and networks like AOL
Instant Messenger declined
substantially. Nicholas Carlson
wrote that by 2012, the network
had just four million users. is
was in comparison to millions of
paying AOL subscribers in the
previous decades.
Today, the concept of
chat rooms on the internet
seems almost silly. Portals
like Facebook and Twitter
can instantly connect users
to hundreds of their real-life
friends and acquaintances, and
can be used connect people
socially, to promote real-life
events, and to help build
and maintain relationships
by supplementing real life
interaction with online time.
One of the strange paradoxes
of the internet is that the bigger
and more global that it gets, the
more withdrawn users become
into their own real-life world.
nding the one. As of now, there
is no data that proves that it is
better than real world dating. In
fact it may be harder to nd a
long lasting love through online
dating because of the limitations
of the pro le. It is informative
but it does not show how two
people will interact in real life
situations.
Real world or online, nding
a long lasting relationship can
be di cult. It requires trial and
error to possibly nd someone.
Keep in mind, this does not
mean that no one has bene tted
from online dating. ere is
no way to promise a successful
online dating journey regardless
of online dating tips that appear
in a Google search. Much like
real world dating, one must dive
in and see what happens.
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Spartans a 25-14 win and a
3-1 victory in the set.
Karrian Chambers recorded
a match high 21 kills along with
14 digs.
UNCG welcomed rival
Appalachian State a day later
looking to sweep the season
series a er taking a victory in
Boone earlier this year.
e Spartans came out strong
in the rst set racing out to a 7-1
lead and never looking back on
the way to a 25-21 set victory.
Appalachian State would
respond however in the second
set with a strong start themselves
going up 6-2 out of the gate.
e Mountaineers survived
a comeback e ort from the
Spartans and took the second
set 25-22.
e two teams would trade
points in the third set with
neither team able to pull away
from the other. UNCG was able
to pull away late with the help of
three straight points thanks to
a pair of Karrian Chambers kill
and a WCU error. A couple of
points later UNCG was able to
take a 25-21 victory thanks to a
WCU service error.
UNCG was able to put the
Mountaineers way with a strong
fourth set. e Spartans held
a slim three point lead at 13-
10 midway through the match
before a 7-2 run helped open up
some breathing room. Morgan
Freeman eventually ended the
match with her 13th kill of the
match to li UNCG to a 25-15
victory.
Olivia Humphries led the
way with 20 kills to go along
with 11 digs, while Karrian
Chambers added 13 kills and
Julia Westerbur contributed 11
of her own.
With the victory the Spartans
improved to 13-11 on the
season and 7-5 in the Southern
Conference, tied with Elon for
second in the North division.
One argument that’s been
made about the NFL and the
concussion issue is the “Soccer
Mom” argument. Essentially,
the NFL’s popularity will falter
because worrisome mothers
would forbid their children to play
such a dangerous sport. With less
kids playing football, there will in
turn be less interest in the sport
itself. Eventually, the amount of
people playing a sport other than
football will overtake the overall
interest in watching football and
the NFL will nally be dethroned
as America’s favorite sport. e
slippery slope fallacy has been
used many times to deter an
audience from the truth, but not
this time. ere are many holes in
this logic, one of which suggests
that kids listen to their parents
100% of the time. Soccer Moms
are not going to kill football.
It seems as though the issue
of concussions is simply just a
football problem. is couldn’t
be farther from the truth. Sidney
Crosby, an NHL player, has been
on and o the ice last season
because of a concussion. In
baseball, due to the increased
awareness of this injury
concussions have been diagnosed
with players like Eric Chavez of
the Yankees and Jason Bay of the
Mets. In the NBA, where it is
routinely joked that when a star
player gets touched the opposing
player is instantly called for a
foul, Kobe Bryant even su ered
a concussion. Every sport has
had their fair share of concussion
cases. As I said before, the
importance isn’t necessarily the
prevention of concussions but
rather the treatment. So to say the
NFL’s popularity would go down
because of it seems silly at best.
As much as I believe
Commissioner Roger Goodell is
doing a terrible job with player
safety (especially when trying to
implement an 18-game schedule),
the one thing I do believe he and
the rest of the NFL does well is
promote the game of football.
Meanwhile, the NFL was slow
to move on to more damaging
helmet-to-helmet hits and cold
shots on defenseless receivers.
is legislative response seems
to re³ ect a lack of priorities on
the league’s part. In essence they
value knees over head, which
makes little to no sense. But
from the league’s perspective, it
makes perfect sense.
Let us consider the type of
player most a ected by those hits
over the middle. For the most
part, they are slot receivers: 3rd
on an NFL team’s depth chart
and, perhaps more importantly,
starting on 0% of fantasy teams.
Further, the most that usually
happens to those players a er
a nasty hit is a concussion. You
can recover from one of those in
two to three weeks (or six days
if you are RG3, apparently)!
Meanwhile, a torn ACL takes a
full 12-18 months to properly
heal.
e primary purpose of the
NFL is to entertain the masses
and to make a ton of money
doing so. Its purpose is certainly
not to ensure its players’ safety
nor is it to ensure the quality of
life of those who gave away so
many years and brain cells to
entertain you and me. A year
lost to a knee injury is bad for
business; a concussion lessens
quality of life, but not business.
is is what happened to
Duerson and Seau. Seau was
particularly jarring for a couple
of reasons. e rst is that
during the 90s, the period of
time I grew up with football, if
you were to look up “linebacker”
in a Football 101 textbook,
Seau’s picture and description
would be listed. I watched him
growing up and admired him,
even though he played for the
Chargers and not my Panthers
or Vikings.
e second is signi cantly
more personal but provides
the nal, and possibly most
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powerful, insight as to why
football is on its way out. When I
heard about Seau, my immediate
thoughts went not to him and his
family, but to my little brother,
who has been playing football
since he was nine years old.
Before football, my little
brother was an unruly,
sometimes aggressive kid
who got in trouble a lot. A er
football, he organized his mind
and calmed down. His second-year
team even served as a
personal inspiration as, a er
going 1-6 the previous year, ran
the table in impressive fashion
and won the city championship.
My little brother played an
instrumental part in that
championship game, sacking
the other team’s quarterback and
forcing a fumble on the opening
drive of the second half.
Fast forward three years: my
little brother su ers his rst
concussion at the age of 13.
For weeks a erward, he woke
up with headaches. To assuage
worries, he is ne.
e story of the lost child or
teenager nding purpose and
camaraderie in football is not
uncommon. However, the story
of the concerned parent taking
the child out of football or not
signing him up in the rst place
is becoming less uncommon.
ree years ago, the 7th grade
park league in Raleigh elded
ten teams. is year, that
number is down to six.
Basketball and soccer
probably ll football’s void. e
former is already the 2nd most
popular sport in America and
is mother-friendly. Soccer’s
popularity is only increasing,
and there will likely come a
time when, due to the shoddy
nancial infrastructure of
European soccer, America
comes to the rescue and secures
top-³ ight status in the Beautiful
Game.
Concussions, like they were
to Duerson and Seau, are likely
to be the death of football as we
know it.
e Super Bowl is a spectacle
that’s not to be missed. In terms of
ratings alone, the Super Bowl has
been the most watched television
event for the past three years.
Last year, in the midst of all these
concussion talks, the Super Bowl
broke record to become the most-watched
TV telecast of all time.
One last though unfortunate
truth about the NFL’s popularity
among fans is the fact that many
of them simply love to see big
hits. Before concussions were
even discussed let alone treated
properly, ESPN’s NFL coverage
ran a segment called Jacked
Up, which showed the biggest,
strongest, and most violent hits
of the week. ESPN has since
done away with the segment, but
many fans have clamored to get it
back. ere’s even a petition on
the Internet for those wanting to
bring back Jacked Up. People love
collisions. It’s a barbaric sport,
but the violence is what attracts
these fans.
I’d be lying if I said the issue
of concussions in the NFL will
go away. As a matter of fact, it
will never go away. So long as
there is football in the United
States, there will also be players
being concussed due to getting
hit. But that’s not the biggest
problem in football. e biggest
problem is the diagnosis and
treatment of concussions. Times
are better than before where
players would routinely play
through concussions. Many of
those players are not suing the
league. Yet somehow, more and
more athletes are trying out for
football early on so that maybe
one day they’ll become an o¯ cial
NFL player. e pool of talent
for universities and eventually
professional football teams will
never dry up. ere will always be
another man who is willing to play
such a dangerous sport. Because
of this, the game of football will
never die. With games being
played, there will always be fans to
watch it. Boxing may have died,
but football will be on top for a
very long time.
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UNCG 1
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It is that time of year again,
where the leaves fall from the
trees and Halloween costumes
are bought in excess. But most
importantly late October
means the two best teams in
baseball meet in the World
Series. e American league
representative is the Detroit
Tigers, making their 11th World
Series appearance. e National
league representative is the
San Francisco Giants, who are
making their 19th trip to the
big dance. Both teams have the
roster needed to compete come
playo time and did not have
been on a roll.
e Tigers’ journey to the
World Series involved facing
two very di erent teams. First,
the Tigers had to take on the very
young Oakland Athletics, who
came into the playo s as one of
the Cinderella stories in baseball
this season. e A’s have one of
the lowest payrolls in baseball,
but were still able to beat out the
star studded Texas Rangers and
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
to win the AL West. e Tigers
were able to defeat the A’s and
move on to what would seem a
bigger challenge, the New York
Yankees. However, the Tigers
once again made a case to why
they should be nicknamed the
“Yankee Killers”. e Tigers
beat the Yankees in four straight
games. is included making
one of the league’s best pitchers,
CC Sabathia, look like a minor
league scrub in Game 4. is
was the second straight season
that the Tigers eliminated the
Yankees from the playo s.
It took a few games for the
San Francisco Giants to pick up
steam in the postseason. e
Giants fell behind 2-0 in their
divisional series against the
Cincinnati Reds. While most
teams o en have little chance to
mount a comeback in the series,
the Giants refused to give up.
e Giants rallied, winning the
next three games in Cincinnati
to take the series. Next up the
Giants had to face the defending
World Series champions, the St.
Louis Cardinals. It was a tough
series that went seven games, but
like the Tigers, the Giants made
a statement in the closeout game
of the series. e Giants scored
ve runs in the third inning to
ensure a 9-0 victory.
e Giants and Tigers make
for a very compelling World
Series matchup. e Tigers
have a high powered o ense
with the likes of Prince Fielder
and Miguel Cabrera, as well
as having the best pitcher in
baseball, Justin Verlander
leading their rotation. e San
Francisco Giants are known for
their incredible pitching sta ,
with the likes of Barry Zito, Tim
Lincecum and Matt Cain, as well
as a lineup of talented hitters.
In an argument of which
team has the best chance to win,
I would have to pick the San
Francisco Giants. e Giants
have played their best baseball at
home this year, and thanks to the
National League defeating the
American league in this year’s
all-star game, the Giants hold
home eld advantage in case the
series goes 7 games. e Giants
currently hold a 2-0 series lead,
a er beating the Tigers in their
rst two matchups. Game 1
was an impressive showing
by the Giants who shut down
the league’s best pitcher Justin
Verlander, forcing the Tigers to
remove their ace in the fourth
inning. Game 2 was a tighter
matchup with the Giants pulling
It was a breezy autumn night,
and ve seniors were honored
before the Spartans game versus
rival Elon. e honorees were
seniors Hakan Ilhan, Peyton
Ford, Jonathan Leonard, Ross
Burki and Adam Shore. e
Spartans controlled the rst half,
as well as half of the second half,
until things got rough towards
the end of the game, resulting
in another overtime loss for the
Spartans this season. Before this
game, the Spartans were 0-2-2 in
overtime matchups this season,
and sadly it went no di erently
against Elon.
e rst half was all Spartans,
as they outshot Elon 9-4, and
were clearly the more aggressive
team. UNCG had plenty of
chances to score early, with a goal
called back by the ref in the 18th
minute because the Spartans
were o sides. e Spartans were
nally able to take the lead in the
42nd minute, when Hakan Ilhan
drilled a ball right past Phoenix
goalkeeper Nathan Dean. is
gave the Spartans some positive
momentum going into hal ime.
Senior Peyton Ford made
some wonderful saves early in
the second half. In the 53rd
minute Ford made a save a er
Elon forward Chris omas
tried bending a kick into the net
from 18 yards out. e biggest
play Ford made was in the 67th
minute when Elon was awarded
a penalty kick and Ford managed
to make the save, keeping the
lead in UNCG’s hands.
e bad luck for the Spartans
began in the 77th minute, when
Elon broke through UNCG’s
defenses and tied the game. In
addition to this, the Spartans
had a penalty kick to retake the
lead in the 81st minute when
Oddur Gudmundsson red a
beauty that was punched away
by Elon goalkeeper Nathan
Dean.
Peyton Ford came up big
once again the 89th minute,
making a big save that was able
to keep Elon from winning
in regulation. However, the
Spartans had no success in
overtime. e rst overtime was
uneventful, with very little going
well for either team. It seemed as
the second overtime would have
the result and that the game
would end in a tie, but Elon was
able to get a spark in the 108th
minute when Elon mid elder
Matt Wescoe scored the game
winning goal for the Phoenix.
is loss continues the bad luck
UNCG has had in overtime this
season, going to 0-3-2 in games
that go to extra time.
Coach Maulin o ered his
thoughts of the game saying,
“I’m very proud of my players,
proud of the e ort and their
motivation. ey stuck with the
game plan. We did a terri c job
in the rst half of pinning Elon
in because they couldn’t get out.
In the second half, we made
them change tactically what they
do. We had some good chances
to win it and we have just been
unfortunate in overtime to lose
it again”.
ere are some things to look
forward to going into the SoCon
tournament. Losing to Elon
ensured every game the Spartans
play in the tournament will be
on the road, which most would
feel is a disadvantage. However,
the Spartans have been terrible
at home this year, as their home
record for the season nishes at
1-5-1. Being on the road may
do the Spartans some good and
Coach Maulin is optimistic, as
he says “I just told them that all
we have to do is win three games
and we can win a championship.
Just keep doing what we’re doing
because hard luck will turn
into luck, and eventually luck is
going to bounce our way.”
out a close 2-0 victory.
e 108th World Series has
been exciting so far, and it
should continue to get better as
the series shi s to Detroit, where
the Tigers will try and gain an
advantage over the Giants before
going back to San Francisco, as it
is a very hard task to beat a team
who is that good at home. At the
end of the day, no matter how
great the hitters are for Detroit,
they only have one really good
pitcher, while the Giants have
three. e World Series is far
from over, but do not fret if
you are not a person who really
enjoys baseball. While I feel it
would be sad if a sports fan did
not watch at least one World
Series game, if it’s not your
taste, the NBA is starting soon,
as well as the second half of the
NFL season, which makes for
an interesting month of sports
ahead.
Joseph Abraham
Sta Writer
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Sta Writer
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Sports
with 12 shots and 10 corner
kicks, Georgia Southern came
out on top with only 5 shots. It
just wasn’t their day.
In response to the
game, Head coach Steven
Nugent stated “ is is a tough
one as this is Deja-Vu from last
season…I want to give Georgia
Southern a lot of credit, you
have to put the ball into the back
of the net and we didn’t do it.
eir goalie made a couple of
game saving saves. For our kids,
our hearts really hurt for our six
seniors who will be leaving us.”
UNCG nished the
2012 season with a record of
12-7-1 and their ninth SoCon
regular season title. is was not
the way the Spartans seniors,
Lauren Hein, Cat Barenkow,
Karin Sendel, Jessi Gulledge,
and Tinna Bergthorsdottir,
wanted to end their UNCG
soccer career; however, they
should be proud of their heart
and e ort which was displayed
on the eld against the Georgia
Southern Eagles and throughout
the season.
Arguing the editor: NFL edition
“He’s hurt.”
“LaFell made the catch and got
leveled…”
“He’s hurt, Mick. He took a
shot and he’s not moving. He’s
lying facedown on the eld and
he’s not moving.”
is was an exchange between
Panthers radio play-by-play man
Mick Mixon and commentator
Eugene Robinson during the
Panthers’ most recent game
against the Chicago Bears. Unable
(and unwilling considering
their play of late) to watch the
Panthers game due to covering
the womens’ soccer playo game,
I listened to bits and pieces from
headphones connected to my
smartphone’s radio.
At that point, the national
anthem was about to play. I spent
the next 90 seconds half-listening
to our country’s song and half-worrying
about the life of wide
receiver Brandon LaFell.
Football’s days as the number
one sport in the land are
numbered. e period of time
where we as a society can enjoy
football without actively worrying
about the players’ well-being is
coming to a close. Gladiators
went out of fashion a little while
ago. Boxing is hitting its decline
just as everyone is seeing how
messed up Muhammad Ali is
getting. Football is on a similar
path to obscurity.
LaFell ended up being okay.
But hits like that happen all the
time in the NFL. With the caliber
of athlete required to make a 53-
man roster (kickers and punters
aside, sorry), it is a wonder that
more serious, life-threatening
injuries are not happening on
elds on Sundays.
No, those injuries take place
a er careers are over. Perhaps
In 2011, the NFL locked out
their players in search of a better
CBA deal. A er a late summer
agreement, the NFL started the
season without losing any regular
season games. According to the
Nielsen Company, 9 of the top 10
single telecast TV programs that
year were NFL programming.
Just dealing with sports, the top
12 most watched sporting events
in the rst half of 2012 were NFL
games. A Cowboys/Giants regular
season game beat out games like
the BCS Championship, Final
Four NCAA basketball games,
and even the NBA Finals.
In 2012, the NFL locked
out the referees. A er three
weeks of terrible o¯ ciating,
highlighted by what’s deemed the
worst call ever made during the
Packers/Seahawks game by the
replacement refs, the NFL and the
regular o¯ cials agreed to a CBA,
placing the regulars back on the
eld for Week 4. Even with the
replacement refs, the ratings for
the NFL have not faltered. NFL
Jose Torres
Sta Writer
Torres and Foster debate whether concussions will topple the NFL
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SEE FOSTER, PAGE 17
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NFL Commissioner Roger Gooddell with Dr. Story Landis of the NIH, US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno discussing concussions
the most jarring recent example
is that of Junior Seau. Back in
May, Seau committed suicide
by shooting himself through
the heart. Former safety Dave
Duerson killed himself at the
age of 50 in similar fashion in
February of 2011, leaving a note
that he wanted his brain to be
studied.
However, Seau had just
nished playing. He played his
last season with the New England
Patriots in 2009. His entire career,
he was known as a warrior,
someone who battled on despite
various ailments and despite his
o en terrible teams.
“He always bounced back and
kept playing,” said his ex-wife
Gina Seau a er the suicide. “He’s
a warrior. at didn’t stop him.”
Over his 20-year career, he
su ered no reported concussions.
Is it because he was smart in how
he positioned his body for hits?
Maybe, but over a twenty-year
career, that seems unlikely. NFL
teams have only recently been
forced to place doctors on the
sidelines to monitor concussions
and to prevent players going back
on the eld with concussion-like
systems.
Before the 2005 season, the NFL
instituted a “horse collar” rule
that assessed the o ending team
a 15-yard penalty if they tackled
the opponent by pulling them
down from behind. e reason:
the previous year a horse collar
tackle broke Terrell Owens’s leg,
sitting him down until the Super
Bowl. e NFL instituted a rule in
2009 barring defensive linemen
and linebackers from attacking
quarterbacks’ knees because in
2008, Bernard Karmell Pollard
(as he is known to Patriots’ fans)
tore Tom Brady’s ACL in the
opening week of the 2008 season
by doing just that.
games rank as the nine most-watched
TV shows since Labor
Day.
e point in giving all of these
statistics in terms of TV ratings
is to illustrate the fact that the
NFL survived two lockouts and
yet people watched these games
anyways. ere is no doubt in
my mind with recent concussion
issues that the NFL will not die
away in terms of popularity. If
the NFL can survive the debacle
that was the replacement refs,
then they surely can survive the
concussion backlash.
e issue with concussions
isn’t necessarily on prevention as
it is more on treatment. is is a
game where players are constantly
getting hit. ese people that
strap up and put on the uniform
understand that they may not
come out of this game the same
way they came in. at does not
matter to the players. So when
fans of the game understand the
sacri ce these athletes make, they
appreciate it and in turn watch the
game to admire them.
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UNCG 3
W. Carolina 1
Spartans scale two-match home mountain
Sports
e UNCG volleyball team
entered this weekend with a
pair of crucial games against
rivals Western Carolina and
Appalachian State. e Spartans
needed the wins to remain in
a battle for second place with
Elon in the North division of
the Southern Conference.
Mission accomplished.
e Spartans carried
the momentum from their
dominant victory over Wo ord
to sweep the weekend set with
the visitors from the mountains
3-1 in both contests.
UNCG looked to avenge an
earlier season loss when they
hit Fleming Gymnasium Friday
night against the Catamounts
of Western Carolina. e
Spartans dropped a 3-0 contest
in Cullowhee in September, but
avoided a repeat with a strong
rst set.
e two teams traded points
through the mid portion of
the set before UNCG asserted
themselves late. With Western
Carolina clinging to a 16-15
lead Ari Lysacek kick started a
10-1 run to close out the match.
e Spartans reeled o eight
straight points with help from
the Catamounts who committed
four errors in a row all the while
taking two timeouts to try and
stop the bleeding. It did not
work though as a service ace
from Morgan Freeman ended
the set.
UNCG did not let up in
the second set either jumping
out to an 8-3 lead before the
Catamounts were forced to
take a timeout. e Spartans
continued to hold their lead
throughout the remainder of
the set never letting Western
Carolina climb back within
more than four points. Karrian
Chambers ended the set with
back to back kills to li UNCG
to a 25-19 set victory.
Following the break the two
teams battled back and forth in
the third set before WCU was
able to extend the match to a
fourth set.
In that fourth set the Spartans
again jumped out to an early
lead scoring ve straight points
to take a 7-4 lead and a er a
WCU kill reeled o four more.
UNCG never let the Catamounts
get closer than six over the nal
portions of the set before a
Morgan Freeman kill gave the
Sat
UNCG 3
App. State 1
e time has come. On
Sunday October 28, 2012 the
UNCG Women’s Soccer Team
hosted Georgia Southern at
the UNCG Soccer Stadium
for the SoCon quarter nals at
3:00 p.m. is was the Spartans
opportunity to excel into the
SoCon conference title; the
rst stop was to obliterate the
Eagles.
Prior to the game against
Georgia Southern Head
Coach Steve Nugent stated
“We are really proud of our
accomplishment of earning
the No. 1 seed…You have to
regroup and get ready for that
one and done mentality. I think
we are in a good situation right
now. Georgia Southern is a
great team and we just had a
tough game with them a couple
weeks back. We are excited to
be playing in the postseason.”
To Head Coach Steve
Nugent’s dismay the UNCG
Women’s Soccer team came
close but yet so far against
Georgia Southern, losing in the
quarter nals 1 to 0. Even with
a phenomenal record, 12-7-1,
this was not the time for the
Spartans. is was the rst time
the Spartans have been scored
on in the last 677 minutes of
playing time.
In a sense this is complete
replay of the year before.
is is the second straight
season in which UNCG has
been eliminated in the SoCon
tournament against Georgia
Southern at UNCG.
e score remained even
until the 2nd half of the game.
During the 88th minute, Nora
El-Shami scored for Georgia
Southern on a breakaway,
sealing the score line for the
Eagles. ere is no question
the Spartans worked hard
throughout the entire game,
and unfortunately fell short.
During the rst half,
defensemen Katherine
Rodriguez of UNCG took an
excellent shot on goal in the
13th minute, to her dismay
goalkeeper Katie Merson of
Georgia Southern blocked
the shot. Following the rst
half, defensemen Stephanie
Partenhiemer, attempted a shot
on goal from outside the box,
but was successfully stopped by
Merson in the 60th minute.
is game could certainly
be deemed the unfortunate for
the Spartans. A er maintaining
possession of the ball through
both halves
Sun
UNCG 0
Ga. Southern 1
Eagles end women’s soccer season
Calvin Walters
Sta Writer
Hannah Nystrom
Sta Writer
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Final presidential debate increases election anticipation
Devon Lail
Sta Writer
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President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney faced off in the nal presidential debate last Monday, covering several controversial issues.
Time is running out for the
two candidates of the 2012
election to win over undecided
voters.
With only two weeks le
in the campaign, both the
candidates and their supporters
are hard at work touring the
country and speaking out about
their values and what they plan
to do if elected.
President Obama and
Governor Romney took part
in their last debate against one
another on Monday, October 22.
is nal debate covered foreign
policy issues.
As a last attempt to sway
swing voters, the debate's pace
was quick. Republicans and
Democrats agreed that Obama
“came out swinging” while
Romney was not as aggressive
as he has been in the past. Many
of the candidates’ answers were
very similar in nature.
Historically conservative
news source Fox News agreed
that Romney had di culties
di erentiating his policies from
Obama's. Anchor Bret Baier
conceded that Romney “perhaps
struggled” in his e orts, while
reporter Megyn Kelly suggests
that it may be part of his larger
plan.
A er Romney's accusation
regarding the Navy, saying that
it was smaller than it has been
since 1917, Obama responded
with what fans and critics alike
have regarded as the zinger of
the night.
“You mentioned the Navy and
that we have fewer ships than we
did in 1917,” said Obama. “Well,
governor, we also have fewer
horses and bayonets, because
the nature of our military has
changed.”
Obama's retort has had a
signi cant response from both
parties. Republicans have called
it a childish retort, while many
Obama supporters have used
it as a way of showing just how
ridiculous they nd Romney.
On Wednesday, October
24th at noon, reality show host
Donald Trump announced that
he found Obama to be “the least
transparent president we have
ever had.”
He provided the president
with a choice, saying that if
Obama would get his colleges
to release his applications
and records, that he would
immediately give ve million
dollars to a charity of Obama's
choice. e response to Trump's
announcement was immediate
and vicious.
Trump asked that the
president hand over his records
by October 31st. Many people
complained that this was just
his was to try to sway people
away from Obama, saying that
if he hands over his records, he
is easily manipulated; if he does
not hand them over, he is sel sh
for not taking the opportunity
to send ve million dollars to
charity.
Issues like these, while
seemingly trivial, can have a
greater impact.
A candidate must have 270
votes in the electoral college in
order to win. So far, President
Obama leads Governor Romney
201 to 191 in the vote.
Many states are still
undecided, including North
Carolina, which is allowed
15 votes. At such a close race,
either candidate could take
the position. e swing states
that still remain undecided
are Nevada, Colorado, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Ohio, North
Carolina, Virginia, New
Hampshire, and Florida.
Early voting has begun in
North Carolina. Students can
vote at the Weatherspoon Art
Museum between the hours of
10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. until Nov.
2.
No identi cation is required
unless on-site registration is
necessary.
News
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On Tuesday, Oct. 9, Malala
Yousafzai, a 14-year-old
activist, was shot in the
head and neck by a Taliban
gunman for speaking out
against the Taliban and
promoting education for
girls. Malala Yousafzai lives
in the Swat Valley of Pakistan,
which was controlled by the
Taliban from 2007-2009 until
they were cleared out by the
Pakistani military.
Yousafzai became
frustrated by the restrictions
placed on female education
by the Taliban and turned
to the internet to share
her daily battle with the
extremist militants’ fear and
intimidation tactics used
to forced girls to remain at
home.
At age 11, she wrote a blog
for the BBC detailing life
under the Taliban. Today,
she continues to speak out
against the militant group.
As a result of these acts of
de ance, Yousafzai became a
target of the Taliban, who still
maintain some in¥ uence in
the region. e Taliban was
quick to take credit for the
attack.
A spokesman for the
Taliban, Ehsanullah Ehsan,
told e Times that Yousafzai
“has become a symbol of
Western culture in the area;
she was openly propagating
it, and if she survives, the
militants would try again to
kill her.”
e attack on Yousafzai
resulted in widespread
14-year-old Pakistani activist
shot by Taliban, survives
condemnation from people
internationally, as well
as Pakistanis across the
ideological spectrum, all of
whom are demanding action
by the government.
e Taliban have now
turned their attention
towards attempting to sti¥ e
the widespread criticism of
the attack and the Taliban
in the news media by
threatening the journalists
who are covering the story.
In northwestern Pakistan,
where the Taliban is still
active, reporters have received
warnings of an increased risk
to their security, and some
have even been noti ed that
they are being speci cally
targeted.
A veteran journalist in
Peshawar, the main city in
the northwestern region said
that “things a er Malala have
become more tense, as the
Taliban is very angry with the
way the attack was reported.
We are scared, but what can
we do? We have to work."
is journalist spoke with
CNN on the condition of
anonymity for fear of reprisal
from the Taliban, who
have abducted and killed
journalists in the past because
they were unhappy with the
content of news articles.
According to the Committee
to Protect Journalists (CPJ),
a group based in New York
which promotes freedom of
the press around the world,
more journalists were killed
in Pakistan than in any other
country in both 2010 and
2011.
Yousafzai was operated
on at a military hospital
in Pakistan the day a er
her attack, where doctors
removed the bullet that had
lodged in her shoulder, a er
passing above her eye and
grazing her brain.
She has since been moved
to the Queen Elizabeth
Hospital in Great Britain,
where she is being treated for
a gunshot wound to the head.
Yousafzai’s parents arrived
in Great Britain on ursday,
Oct. 25, ten days a er she was
brought to the hospital.
Her father, Ziauddin
Yousufzai, who once led a
school for young girls and
has strongly supported his
daughter’s goals and ght,
described her recovery as a
“miracle” due to initial fears
that they would have to
prepare for her funeral.
He told reporters at the
hospital in Birmingham
that "she is recovering at
an encouraging speed and
we are very happy,” and has
expressed gratitude for the
prayers and well-wishes that
have come in from all around
the world.
ough she is unable to
speak because of a tube
inserted into her trachea to
protect her airway, Yousafzai
has been communicating
with written notes and
according to the hospital,
“has been responding well to
treatments.”
Doctors do not believe she
has su ered any serious brain
damage, though she does face
a long recovery.
Elisabeth Wise
Sta Writer
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Breaking
News:
Important
election
update for
student
voters
Kaycie Coy
Editor-in-Chief
Students at UNCG were
recently turned away from early
voting polls at Weatherspoon
Art Museum a er registering
with their assigned campus
post o¯ ce box rather than their
physical address.
All voters are required to
provide a street address when
they register to keep track of
residencies in di erent precincts,
cities, and states. Students who
registered using their post o¯ ce
box will continue to be turned
away until proof of residency is
acquired.
Students can tackle this
temporary dilemma by visiting
UNCG Housing and Residence
Life (HRL). Print out copies of
proof of residence are available
by request at the HRL o¯ ce.
Voters who have not registered
can use the early voting
window as an opportunity to
simultaneously register and
vote within the same day. New
voter registration has already
surpassed 250,000 people in
North Carolina.
e early voting period will
remain open for Weatherspoon
Art Museum until Nov. 2 at
5pm. For more information on
voting sites and times, voters
can contact the Guilford County
Board of Elections via their
Greensboro phone number at
336-641-3936.
News
Wisconsin shooter shocks Milwaukee
A Wisconsin man shot and
killed his wife and two others
last week in a Milwaukee suburb.
Many others are injured. While
the shooting shocked the city,
court records show that the
relationship between the two
deteriorated over the course of
many years.
Subject Radcli e Franklin
Haughton, a 45 year old
Wisconsin native, shot seven
women in a local spa, three
of which were hospitalized.
County police published
documents showing Haughton's
previous run-ins with the law.
Haughton threatened his wife,
Zina Haughton, on a number of
occasions.
A year ago, Mr. Haughton
dumped tomato juice on Zina's
car, and threatened to kill her
and burn her family if she ever
le him. A judge later ordered
Mr. Haughton to turn in all of his
re arms until the Department
of Justice could complete a
background check, but he never
complied. Mr. Haughton later
slashed his own wife's tires in
front of her friends. He was
arrested and appeared in court
ursday, when a judge issued a
four- year restraining order.
Police began a six-hour search
following the shooting that put
many di erent parts of town in
lockdown, including the nearby
mall, country club and hospital.
Police later con rmed that
Mr. Haughton committed
suicide, and later added that a
re Haughton set in the building
combined with the layout of the
facility slowed o cers' search
and delayed the discovery of the
gunman's body.
Details about the events leading
up to the shooting show that Mrs.
Haughton knew her husband
was homicidal. Mr. Haughton,
during the hearing on ursday
prior to the shooting, served as
his own attorney.
Mr. Haughton said during the
hearing, “"I have been involved
with Zina Haughton for most of
my adult life. is is the woman
that I love," he said." ings have
not always been the best that
they could have been but I can
stand before the court, stand
before God and say that I love
her. I love her unconditionally.
is situation was brought about
by in delity."
Mrs. Haughton testi ed that
Mr. Haughton threatened to
throw acid in her face and spoke
of his accusations of cheating.
"For 20 years, we've fought. He's
hit me. We've fought. But since
May 29, the evening that he
thinks I cheated on him, just the
threats have gotten so bad, and
like I said, I don't want to die,"
she said. " ings have gotten so
bad. We need to separate, we
need a divorce before you hurt
me. I don't want to die," she told
her husband during the hearing.
e shooting is one in a
series of shootings that have
happened in and around the
area, and was the second mass
shooting Wisconsin this year.
Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old
Army veteran and white
supremacist, killed six people
and injured three others before
fatally shooting himself Aug.
5 at a Sikh temple south of
Milwaukee.
Sunday's shooting also took
place less than one mile from
where seven people were killed
and four wounded in March of
2005, when a gunman opened
re at a church service held at a
hotel.
e topic of gun control has
become an important issue
for some voters for the 2012
presidential election. President
Obama advocates for keeping
guns out of the hands of children
and those who cannot safely
operate a gun. e Republican
presidential nominee advocates
for full second amendment
rights, and says that no laws
have jurisdiction over our
constitution. State lawmakers
say they will re-introduce a
bill designed to ensure that
perpetrators of domestic
violence comply with judges'
orders to surrender weapons.
Aaron Bryant
Sta Writer
Center for American Progress forum discusses students’ political leanings
Aaron Bryant
Sta Writer
e Center for American
Progress last week hosted a
forum called “ e Real Cost of
Romney,” which analyzed how
the presidential candidates’
tax plan would help the slow
economic recovery.
President and CEO of
Center for American Progress
Action fund Tom Perriello
spoke throughout the evening,
providing details on presidential
candidate Mitt Romney's tax
plan.
Perriello, a former member of
the US House of Representatives,
started the evening by explaining
the Governor's own words
regarding his tax plan.
Governor Romney has said
his plan includes a 20% tax
cut for every income level as
well as promising that he will
close loopholes and eliminate
deductions for high income
earners.
All of this, Mr. Romney
says, will not add to the de cit.
Representative Perriello says
that this is not mathematically
possible.
"A 20 percent across the board
tax cut over the next decade will
cost the federal government
5 trillion dollars during that 10
year period. Even if Mr. Romney
eliminates every corporate
loophole, which amounts to
about 1.3 trillion dollars in
savings, he would still have to
nd another 3.7 trillion dollars
to pay for his tax cut. If we take
his word on how his tax cut will
not add any money to the federal
de cit, Governor Romney will
have to do either one of three
things. He will have to either cut
drastically entitlement spending,
on social safety programs such
as Social Security and Medicare,
which he has vowed not to do. He
could then drastically cut military
spending. But, Mr. Romney
actually wants to spend 2 trillion
more dollars on the military.
Finally, he could raise taxes on
the middle and lower classes. My
guess," said the former Virginia
representative, "is that either Mr.
Romney is going to explode our
de cit, or taxes are going to go up
on 160 million Americans."
A er his presentation was over,
students had the opportunity
to ask questions. Mark, a self-described
conservative who
chose not to give his last name,
disagreed with the presentation.
"What people don't understand
is that Romney wants to lower
taxes to spur economic growth.
Lower taxes would be an incentive
to participate in the market, and
result in the tax cuts, in e ect
paying for themselves. How do
you justify raising taxes on the
wealthy?"
Representative Perriello's
answer was simple. “By not
raising taxes on the poor and
working class. e very idea of
supply side economics was the
basis of the Bush-era tax cuts,
where two separate tax cuts
were enacted to spur growth. We
ended up with an economy in
free fall and an unemployment
rate near 11 percent at the depths
of the recession. We tried this tax
plan before, and it is why we are
currently looking for a solution to
our slow economic growth right
now."
Another student asked how
his plan would a ect the de cit.
e representative said, "Most
likely, Governor Romney's plan
to pay for his plan is not to pay
for his plan. He is going to cut ve
trillion dollars’ worth of revenue,
he is going to spend two trillion
more dollars on the military, and
he wants to make the Bush tax
cuts permanent. He is going to
explode our de cit. He is going to
add trillions of dollars to it."
Mark later said, “Romney wants
to put us on a path to prosperity.
We need bold, new ideas, we need
real leadership.”
SEE FORUM, PAGE 5
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Local News Briefs
Record early voting
turnout
Housing laws need
reformation
Compiled By: Olivia Cline
Safety issues in Greensboro
rental homes are becoming the
subject of a movement to reform
housing laws.
Not only have many families
discovered violations of the
housing-code in their homes,
but they have also had to wait
months for housing o cials to
resolve their problems.
Issues such as lethal mold
levels, sewage lines backed up to
the point of over¥ owing, and
improper and unsafe ventilation
have gone un-noticed by housing
inspectors, and renters have
even been cited for “unsanitary
conditions” that are direct results
of problems existing long before
they moved in.
ere have been 630 cases of
code violation in the past year
alone, and over 200 of these cases
are still unresolved. A recent
decision by the state legislature
to repeal the pre-move-in rental
inspection requirement has
resulted in a period of some
turmoil for the city housing
department due to gray areas in
the current laws, but city sta
members have been working
with residents and landlords
to develop a new set of laws on
the local level to provide the
necessary speci cs.
e new laws seek to provide
penalties for landlords who
repeatedly rent homes with code
violations, and increase the
number of housing inspectors
employed by the city. City
Manager Denise Turner Roth
commented: “ ere is a standard
the residents should expect the
city to keep in terms of housing,
and we have to meet that
commitment.”
Guilford and Rockingham
County o cials have reported
record-breaking numbers of ear-ly
voters in the rst two weeks
since the polls opened.
As of Friday, Oct. 26, over 78,000
of Guilford’s 359,228 registered
voters had voted in Guilford
County alone, with 11,000 cast-ing
their vote on the rst day of
early voting.
Guilford County is report-ing
a full 1000 more voters per
day than their numbers in 2008.
On-site registration is helping
to boost numbers, with an aver-age
of 200 people per day taking
advantage of the ability to regis-ter
past the o cial registration
deadline.
Early voting director for Guil-ford
County Tim Tsuji is pleased
by the situation. e early voting
numbers in 2008 prompted him
to open 16 locations on the rst
day, as compared to two in 2008,
and residents did not disappoint.
“We’ve opened more locations
and opened them for more days,
and that has helped out tre-mendously.
So we are meeting
or exceeding numbers each day
without long lines,” he said. “It’s
great.”
Rockingham County direc-tor
Tina Cardwell echoed Tsuji’s
comments. “I like to believe peo-ple
are taking an interest in the
right to voice their opinion.”
Both o cials agreed that people
are beginning to prefer early vot-ing
in order to avoid long lines
on Election Day.
6.5 billion people nationwide
have already voted, and num-bers
are expected to rise as the
debates conclude.
National Guard
returns home
is weekend was an emo-tional
moment for many fami-lies
as the NC Army National
Guard returned home. Two best
friends who have been serving
in Kuwait, Pakistan and Iraq
for the past year and their wives
were among nearly 300 families
reunited on Saturday a ernoon.
Fathers held children born
just before or during their de-ployments,
and older children
were quick to tackle the parents
they had not seen in over a year.
Many brought signs, candies,
and other treats to welcome their
loved ones home.
Spouses of National Guard
members formed support net-works
during the deployment
period, and were therefore able
to share in the other families’ joy
as well as their own.
is is not the rst homecom-ing
for many of these families,
who have seen their spouses,
children and siblings o on mul-tiple
deployments.
Reidsville resident Carol Eck-strom
says that her brother’s
multiple trips don’t get any eas-ier
with time. She said, “It’s been
nerve-wracking. I’ve missed
him. He’s my baby brother.”
Many families had activities
planned, including family din-ners
and game nights, trips to
the beach or the lake, or church
on Sunday. Others simply want-ed
to spend time as a family.
For some, the long trip home
from Piedmont Triad Interna-tional
Airport would serve as
more than enough of an activity.
Denver, NC (a 2+ hour trip) res-ident
John Dunn commented,
“Honestly, I’m probably just go-ing
to have a beer and relax.”
FORUM
FROM PAGE 4
Student Alex Lawson
responded by saying, “Romney's
plan is not bold or new, but old
and dangerous. I suspect he really
doesn’t have a plan, but really
does want to be president.”
e forum then segued
into a debate, with students
of opposing ideologies asking
the representative and each
other about Romney's plan.
Conservative-leaning students
agreed with Romney's approach
to policy, while liberal-leaning
students tended to agree with
Perriello.
e two sides of the political
spectrum see the upcoming
2012 U.S. presidential race as
more than just a choice between
two di erent candidates in both
ideological temperament, or as a
referendum on the last four years
of President Barack Obama's time
in o ce. ey also see it as an
answer to the role of government.
Conservatives tend to want
government that promotes social
order and economic freedom,
while liberals tend to want
government that promotes social
freedom and economic order, and
the outcome of this election will
have a signi cant e ect on the
political trends in this country for
years to come.
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Opinions
The two party system fails on foreign policy discussion
Caleb Patterson
Sta Writer
e greatest failure of our two-party
duopoly is that when
the two major political parties
agree on an issue there is no
serious policy discussion, no
matter the severity of the issue
or public opinion. When there is
bipartisan consensus, no matter
how narrow the worldview
the two major parties occupy,
there is little discussion about
important matters of life and
death. e last presidential
debate on foreign policy
falls into this category. Mitt
Romney consistently agreed
with President Barack Obama,
thus this presidential campaign
will come to an end without
any serious conversation about
American foreign policy and
our role in the world.
Post-debate commentary by
the pundits again focused on
style over substance and zingers
over policy. It was le to the
comedians, such as Jon Stewart,
to point out the silencing
consensus that was ostensibly
labeled a debate. Obama and
Romney agreed that the United
States should wield outsized
in³ uence all around the world,
especially in the Middle East
and Northern Africa.
Romney referred to the
ongoing humanitarian crisis
in Syria as an “opportunity”
for American leadership, but
could not distinguish what
he would do di erently than
Obama. Both candidates used
military threats against Iran and
demanded that it end its nuclear
program. Neither, however,
pointed out that the strongest
nuclear powerhouse in the
region is Israel or that we are
the nuclear powerhouse of the
world and the only country to
drop atomic bombs on civilian
populations. Public opinion in
both the United States and Iran
who have deep concerns about
the amount of civilian casualties
and the anti-American hostility
that it banks around the world.
markets. ere are some real
issues of national security that
were not discussed in the debate.
e most obvious example is
failed War on Drugs policy.
Following the Sikh-temple and
Aurora shootings, the most
urgent security concern for most
Americans went undressed.
Our obsession with guns is not
just a domestic issue when the
United States is the largest arms
dealer in the world. Gun control
policy is the clearest example of
bipartisan consensus blocking
rational public policy.
To clear up any confusion,
we still have just one peaceful
country to our north, one
neighbor to the south whose
border we have militarized and
two giant oceans bu ering us
from most other countries. In
our 225 year history, we have only
been invaded twice by foreign
militaries but have done much
more invading. We spend more
on defense (well, o ense,) than
the rest of the world combined.
Listening to the foreign policy
debate between Obama and
Romney could have led one
to believe we are in imminent
danger, with bogeymen lurking
in every crevice of the world.
In the debate Romney said
that, “America has not dictated
to other nations. We have freed
other nations from dictators.”
is is like the bully who never
realizes he is a bully. Romney
clearly needs a history lesson.
Just recently, we supported
(and John McCain dined with)
Muammar el-Qadda until
it was apparent he was losing
power. We still support the
dictatorships of Bahrain and
Saudi Arabia. As a country, the
United States needs to move away
from militarism and support for
corrupt dictators. However, with
these two candidates, Obama
and Romney, a shi towards a
more humane foreign policy is
highly unlikely.
support a nuclear free zone
in the Middle East while the
leaders of these two countries
support a nuclear Middle East.
On Obama’s increased use of
unmanned aerial drone strikes in
countries with which we are not
at war—Yeoman, Somalia, and
most o en, Pakistan— Romney
agreed with Obama’s use of these
technologies. ere are many
Since these concerns fall outside
the narrow bipartisan beltway
consensus, they went unheard at
the debate.
ese issues fall more
generally into the foreign policy
category because they have little
to do with the actual security of
the American people and more
to do with increasing foreign
in³ uence and access to foreign
climate change. Many military
o¯ cials have called climate
change a national security
threat while the more quali ed
scienti c community has almost
uniformly declared it as such.
Among the four general election
debates, climate change was not
mentioned. Also not discussed
was the bloodshed in Mexico
that is a direct result of our
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Are Romney and Obama too similar on foreign policy?
6 T H E C A R O L I N I A N Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2012 WWW.UNCGCAROLINIAN.COM Opinions
Race excuse is just grasping for straws
With Barack Obama set to
lose re-election, the American
le -wing is grasping for straws
as it tries to explain the short-comings
of a leader that
Newsweek editor Evan omas
once described as, “sort of a
God.”
e excuses are far-ranging
in both their validity and
their absurdity. Some have
opened that Obama’s reliance
on executive authority may
have caused downfall of his
presidency. Others like Al Gore
have blamed the altitude for
Obama’s poor performance
in his rst debate against Mitt
Romney.
e biggest straw man being
touted in the media is that
Obama may not be re-elected
because of his race. is is
an inaccurate and dangerous
argument that threatens to
divide the country and re-open
wounds that should have been
closed decades ago.
e argument of some
perverse and unseen racism
causing political opposition
to Obama can be debunked
by looking back at the nation’s
political history. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the president most
similar to Obama ideologically
and also the architect of
the modern presidency,
encountered similar opposition
to his New Deal program. As
Lou Cannon of the Hu¯ ngton
Post pointed out in 2009, the
Hoover Institute hosts musings
by di erent citizens from the
1930s. A young physician
refers to the president of the
United States as “the crackpot
in Washington who is ruining
the country.” A businessman
decries his “socialistic
tendencies,” another denounces
him as a “despot.” e criticisms
against the white president
sound strikingly similar to
modern conservative backlash
against Obama.
Another point that debunks
this argument is the fact that
several of the conservative
leaders attacking Obama are
of African-American descent
themselves. Businessman
Herman Cain was a major
frontrunner in the Republican
primary this past year, and
could have won if not for a
personal scandal. Similarly,
Supreme Court Justice Clarence
omas has been a favorite
among conservatives since his
appointment to the court, and
omas Sowell’s libertarian-leaning
columns are always
among the most-read on
conservative sites like Townhall.
com. Each of these leaders were
also denounced because of their
race, but not by Republicans.
e Hu¯ ngton Post ran a blog
Chris McCracken
Features Editor
by Orlando Lima in 2007 stating
that, “Among us are a small
community of white-collar
professionals, entertainers and
athletes including notable Uncle
Toms like Clarence omas
and Condoleza Rice who
consistently try their damnedest
to create public policy that
screws over their own people.”
ese arguments are insidious
and irresponsible, and strike at
the very core of the darkest and
most lingering cloud to ever hang
over the head of the American
people. ere is evidence that
with the propagation of claims
that Obama is encountering
opposition because of his race,
racial tensions in America are
getting worse. A Daily Beast
article noted that, “According
to a Newsweek survey, only
32 percent of Americans now
think that race relations have
improved since the president’s
inauguration; roughly the same
number (30 percent) believe
they have gotten worse. Factor
in those who say nothing
has changed and the result is
staggering: nearly 60 percent of
Americans are now convinced
that race relations have either
deteriorated or stagnated under
Obama.”
is is a far cry from the “post-racial
society” that many leaders
envisioned with the election of
our rst black president. Even
more heartbreaking is the fact
that the vision was destroyed
because of hyperbolic coverage
of very routine and precedented
political opposition to le -wing
policies.
In the coming election, I predict
that the Obama campaign will
sink miserably. Many polls have
the president tied neck in neck
with his Republican challenger,
and most of these polls are
based on sampling done in
2008 when Democrats had a far
larger turnout than is expected
this year. Many di erent issues
have caused Obama’s poor re-election
prospects: anger over
massive government bailouts,
unprecedented reliance on
executive authority, massive
de cits run all four years of
the Obama presidency, high
unemployment, dissatisfaction
with the handling of the crisis
in Libya, the Fast and Furious
scandal, the Solyndra scandal…
and the list goes on and on.
Unfortunately, no matter big
the de cits, no matter how high
the unemployment rate, and no
matter how major the scandal,
some commentators and
journalists will inevitably use
underhanded racial smears to
protect their own points of view.
“The argument
of some
perverse and
unseen racism
causing political
opposition to
Obama can be
debunked by
looking back
at the nation’s
political history.“
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Will racism begin to grow again in our country?
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Gary Johnson is an alternative that could make both Obama and Romney supporters happy.
e election is two weeks
away and I think we are even
more excited by this fact than
are the exhausted candidates
crisscrossing their districts,
states, and nation. Americans
are tired of this election; that is
something we all can agree on.
Maybe we can agree on a whole
lot more than that. I think most
people would agree that neither
major party candidate really
speaks to their hopes, ideals,
and beliefs. Governor Romney’s
business skills seem appealing
in a time of economic turmoil,
but his tendency to ³ ip-³ op on
major (and minor) issues makes
many voters nervous. President
Obama’s naïve promise of hope
and change has failed. e
historic nature of 2008 seems
to have faded on those who
are headed to the polls in 2012.
Unfortunately, one of these
two men is likely to become
the next commander-in-chief.
Come inauguration day, many
Americans will likely wish
there was someone else, some
other choice. Well I am happy
to inform you that there is.
Gary Earl Johnson is running
as the Libertarian nominee
for president. Before you roll
your eyes, please note that Mr.
Johnson is no ordinary third
party candidate. As a college
student, he started a one man
handyman service that grew
into a thousand man company.
An avid outdoorsman, he
abstains from sugar and
ca eine, competes in Iron Man
competitions, and climbed
Mount Everest with a broken
leg. In 1994, he was elected
governor a er he defeated the
Republican Party establishment
candidate in the primary and
then an incumbent in the
general election. In 1998, he
won reelection against the
popular mayor of Albuquerque.
However, what sets apart
Johnson is not his personal
biography; it is his politics.
Americans have long gripped
about the cookie cutter nature
of the two party system. Not
everyone ts neatly into the
elephant and donkey molds.
Some people are socially
conservative, scally liberal.
A growing number of people
are socially liberal, scally
conservative. In a recent
Zogby poll, 59% of Americans
identi ed themselves as so. A
2009 Gallup poll indicated that
23% of the country identi ed
themselves as having libertarian
views. Both of these polls tell us
something we are already know:
Americans are not satis ed with
their choices. Enter Johnson.
As governor of one of the
poorest states in the nation,
Gary Johnson put his business
sense to work. He earned a
reputation as being a vetoer of
legislative excess and earned
the nickname “Governor No”
for vetoing more bills than the
rest of the nation’s governors
combined during the same
period (1995-2003.) He ran two
campaigns without negative
ads, exited the governorship
without scandal (unlike his
successor), and turned an
inherited budget de cit into a
surplus. is was in addition to
cutting government growth and
spending, cutting taxes, and
most famously in 1999, calling
for the decriminalization of
marijuana.
Gary Johnson is a twenty-
rst century Grover Cleveland
and he is the man we need
at the helm during this hour
of crisis. With the nation
embroiled in multiple wars and
with a rising de cit that both
parties helped create and which
neither party wants to tackle,
Americans cannot a ord to not
elect Johnson. Still, it remains
likely that one of the two major
candidates, Romney or Obama,
will be seated in the big chair
come January 20, 2013. Even if
you do not want to see Johnson
as president, there is good
reason for why you should vote
for him anyway.
For liberals, voting for
Johnson o ers what a chance
to press the reset button on
civil liberties. Obama promised
to end foreign wars, board
up Guantanamo Bay, and
protect the innocent who had
previously been victim to the
excesses of the Patriot Act. Four
years later, Guantanamo is still
open, Americans are involved
in growing con³ icts in Egypt,
and Libya, and the signature
of Bush’s post-9/11 strategy
remains the law of the land.
In a recent blog post, Conor
Friedersdorf, a supporter of
Obama in 2008, said, “I don’t
see how anyone who confronts
Obama’s record with clear eyes
can enthusiastically support
him.” He goes on to say that
Joseph Winberry
Sta Writer
Gary Johnson an alternative for everyone
he cannot understand liberal
support for Obama considering
the president’s record on civil
liberties at home and abroad. A
vote for Johnson would remind
the Democrats to return to
their stubborn support for civil
libertarianism.
Republicans fed up with their
party’s social issue obsession
and lousy record on spending
should vote for Johnson to
remind the GOP of their
roots. Johnson was a candidate
for the 2012 Republican
nomination for a short time
and was previously a two term
Republican governor. He has a
record of tax cutting, but more
importantly, he has a record of
spending cutting, something
that the modern GOP lacks
a stomach for. By voting for
a former member of their
party, Republicans can reassert
the party’s identity as being
supportive of small government
and individual responsibility.
Independents should vote for
Johnson because he is neither
of the two party guys. America
has not had a third party or
independent president since
Lincoln, and before him it was
Washington. Is it not time we
had one? Could a third party
president really be any worse
than the group that has been
running the country for the past
een years?
Gary Johnson probably will
not be elected president in 2012.
However, if he wins ve percent
of the popular vote, he can get
matching funds for a 2016 bid
and that is when the fun really
begins. Join me in helping him
get there; we can send a message
to the two party monopoly at
the same time. In the governor’s
own words, “Wasting your vote
is voting for somebody that you
do not believe in. I am asking
everybody … to waste your vote
on me.”
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Debates short on substance, wildly entertaining
Samantha Korb
Sta Writer
Now that the Presidential and
Vice Presidential Debates are in
the books, we are a week away
from Election Day. I have spent
six hours watching debates, and
frankly, I am glad they are over.
As always, debates are never
really like old fashioned debates
that you might have watched
or participated in during high
school debate club. Rather,
these debates are chances for
the candidates to recite their
slogans, murky the other
candidates’ positions and/or
words, and throw a few zingers
into the mix. e debates were
full of highlight clips, much
like NFL Red Zone on Sundays.
Everything from Big Bird to
binders full of women and
whoppers were there to laugh
at. e debates might have been
short on any new plans or words
we had heard before but they
were certainly entertaining.
As a voter who has
already made up my mind as to
who I am voting for, the debates
were useless in trying to change
my vote. I imagine that those
who are strong supporters of
both Romney and Obama were
looking for ammunition to the
re for their candidate’s success
as opposed to looking for ways
to have their minds changed.
Nevertheless, presidential
debates are always great talking
points, for both the Democrats
and the Republicans.
As a self-identi ed political
nerd, I watched previous
Presidential and Vice
Presidential debates on CSPAN
before this recent set of debates.
In comparing previous debates
such as Gore/Bush in 2000,
Dole/Clinton in 1996, and
even Vice President George
H.W. Bush and VP candidate
Geraldine Ferraro in 1984,
I noticed that not much has
changed, particularly with
the style and the format of the
debates. However, the one thing
I am noticing the most about
the more recent debates is that
candidates are interrupting
each other a lot more and just
being ³ at out rude to each other.
Romney has consistently
acted like he deserves more time
than Obama to talk during the
debates. A er the rst debate,
where Romney “won” on style
and aggressiveness, Obama had
to bring out the claws because
Chris Matthews seemed to have
a heart attack on the rst debate
night. I, too, was disappointed
with Obama’s performance that
night, mainly because debates
are not really about facts, but
about how you present your
case, even if there are numerous
fact checkers who say otherwise.
No one candidate is completely
true about his facts during
these debates, but there is some
substance there amidst the one
liners and the exasperated sighs
from Joe Biden.
My favorite debate was the
second Presidential debate, the
Town Hall debate. Although,
the Vice Presidential debate
was entertaining, it was not
the best content-wise. Town
Hall debates are set up to be
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Were the debates all zingers, no substance?
the most interactive of all
the debates, with undecided
voters able to ask candidates
questions in a very personal
way. Questions, like the one
from 20 year old Jeremy Epstein
who was worried about nding
employment a er graduation,
were pertinent to me and many
others graduating in December
and May this academic year.
e responses to such questions
were meant more to tarnish
images than to really get to
know the candidate. No one
asked Jeremy what eld he was
in, nor did they really answer
his question. However, that
is to be expected. What was
done really well was Obama’s
eye contact with the people in
the audience, while Romney
seemed stand o¯ sh and very
agitated at times.
I was disappointed with the
lack of domestic topics and
wide range of topics that could
and should have been included
in the four debates. ere was
one mention about abortion
in the Vice Presidential debate
where Martha Raddatz framed
it quite nicely. Beyond that,
the two main topics were the
economy and issues relating to
foreign policy with focuses on
Libya, Iran, Iraq, China, Russia
and Afghanistan. ere were no
mentions of anything related to
gay and lesbian policies, climate
change, drug policies, European
nances, so on and so forth.
If you were new to American
politics, just from the debates,
you would think that no other
issues mattered besides the ones
talked about in the debates.
As always, debates are great
fodder for social media. I have
seen the most about Big Bird
and binders for the rst time
in a long time. I am surprised
malarkey and whoppers weren’t
thrown out onto Twitter as
much. Nevertheless, I think
Big Bird has certainly made
a comeback. Now that the
debates are over, it is time for
the candidates to ght like they
have never fought before. In a
week’s time, we will know who
will get the last laugh.
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A&E Halloween puts everyone in the
mood for a good scare. In light
of this, let us take a look back
at the greatest horror lms of
the new millennium. ese
lms may not be the “best”
per say, but they make up the
most underrated, bizarre, and
“must see” horror lms that this
generation has to o er.
10. Martyrs (2008):
Pascal Laugier’s nihilistic,
unrelentingly gory lm serves
as a gauntlet for any horror
fan to see if they can stomach
this brand of brutal, new wave
French horror. One does not
simply watch “Martyrs” so much
as you are forced to endure it.
9. Halloween II (2009):
Rob Zombie is one of the best
horror directors working today,
and his second foray into this
famous slasher series is his
most underrated work. is
is his most emotional, deeply
felt portrait of familial tragedy.
With his signature grungy
aesthetic, Zombie contrasts
brutal violence with a portrayal
of the inner turmoil caused by
such horri cally violent events.
At once ugly and beautiful,
“Halloween II” is the most
surreal, poignant outing for
Michael Myers yet.
* is refers to the “Halloween
II” Director’s Cut, not the
theatrical version.
8. Let the Right One In
(2008):
Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation
is an allegory for the pain of
adolescence, and how it can
be a prolonged horror for Eli,
an eternally young vampire
girl. Alfredson’s gorgeous,
aesthetically expressive vision
is a touching study in human
loneliness, and a dazzling
coming of age story. is lm
would later spawn an American
remake, “Let Me In,” which is
almost just as good.
7. The House of the Devil
(2009):
Ti West’s nostalgic, utterly
creepy throwback to the genre
lms of the 80s rises above mere
homage, with West carving out
his own place in today’s horror
scene. West relies on suspense
and anxiety over explicit gore.
Consequentially, when he does
punctuate his lm with abrupt
violence, it feels all the more
e ective. “ e House of the
Devil,” is a fun, devilish roller
coaster ride.
6. Audition (2001):
Takashi Miike, the gonzo
Japanese director, delivers one
of his more reserved, insanely
eerie lms with “Audition.”
Perhaps all you need to know
is that the lm’s sudden shi in
the second half features some
of the most terrifying images
ever committed to celluloid.
Acupuncture needles and piano
wire will never look the same
a er this lm.
5. The Descent (2006):
Possibly the scariest, most
intense horror lm of the new
millennium, “ e Descent”
is Neil Marshall’s portrait of a
woman put through the gauntlet,
as she must face what awaits her
in the darkness. It is brilliant in
its creation of claustrophobia
and piercing sound. Marshall’s
ending recalls the original “ e
Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and
a little added ambiguity. is
eventually suggests that the dark
corners and manifestations of
the mind can sometimes wipe
out the light at the end of the
tunnel.
4. Inside (2007):
e most e ective body-horror
movie in a long time, this
artistically constructed portrait
of unrelenting violence is a
French horror lm that uses the
home, and domestic space as a
metonymic device for a woman’s
body. e endless amounts of
blood that eventually comes
e ectively signals a mother’s
worst nightmares come
true. “Inside” is ultimately a
remarkable lm about the things,
both physical and imagined, that
grow inside of us.
3. The Devil’s Rejects (2005):
Rob Zombie’s best lm places
him at the top of his powers,
evoking his own sense of the
grotesque and the nuclear family.
He combines them into a lmic
experience that is wholly unique.
More fun to watch than it has any
right to be, “ e Devil’s Rejects”
is a carnivalesque experience so
viscerally impactful, that if its
subject matter not so twisted, it
might be more widely recognized
as the near masterpiece it is.
2. Pulse (Kairo) (2001):
e Japanese original that
spawned a terrible American
remake, “Pulse” is the generation
de ning lm about technology
and the internet, and how they
promote alienation. Coming
almost a decade before the
supposed “movie of our times,”
“ e Social Network,” “Pulse”
begs for the return of real,
shared emotions. us, it is
almost unbearably horri c in
its depiction of the soul sucking
capabilities of technology.
1. Wolf Creek (2005):
Clearly positioning itself with
such 70s horror classics as
“ e Hills Have Eyes” and “ e
Texas Chainsaw Massacre,”
Greg McLean’s “Wolf Creek”
is an homage that never falls
subject to the wink-wink
hollowness that plagues so
many modern horror lms.
Instead, McLean’s raw, viciously
disturbing lm, creates an
expressionistic atmosphere in
its rst half. en, delves itself
into a hellish, incomprehensibly
savage nightmare in its latter
half. McLean’s lm drips with
style, as the mood creates a
lyrical sense of doom that is at
the same time unsettling and
oddly beautiful. “Wolf Creek”
is that rare horror lm that gets
under your skin, not through
cheap jump scares, but through
McLean’s slow building tension.
is is an uncommonly e ective
horror lm, one that will
hopefully and eventually claim
its rightful place alongside the
genre classics.
Brad Dillard
Sta Writer
Best Horror Films Since 2000
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Wolf Creek is a rare horror lm that gets under your skin
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Since their two previous
traveling exhibits, “Bodies
Revealed” and “Titanic,” the
Natural Science Center has
added a new feature to their
museum. “Accidental Mummies
of Guanajuato” is the rst of this
certain exhibit to be displayed
on the East Coast, and it has
intrigued people of all ages and
nationalities to come experience
the scienti c and historical
backgrounds of the mummies
on display. Not only is this
showcase a great compliment to
the spirit of Halloween, it is an
educationally enriching sight to
experience as well.
e collection of rare,
naturally mummi ed and
completely accidental mummies
is currently on loan from
the Museo de las Momias de
Guanajuato, or “Museum of
the Mummies”, of Guanajuato,
Mexico. 112 total accidental
mummies where discovered and
preserved through the museum,
30 of which are on display that
the Natural Science Center.
Due to the fact that many
people in the Triad are from
Guanajuato, the exhibit has
seen an increase in Hispanic
visitors. With such a variety
of visitors, the exhibit was
developed into the rst bilingual
exhibit at the Natural Science
Center. Translators are available
to translate and interpret for
anyone who might need it. “It’s
just a great way to expose people
to the culture,” commented the
museum’s Director of Marketing
Ste any Reeve, “not only as a
way to celebrate life, but death
and the traditions that go along
with it.”
A unique way to interacting
with the exhibit and learning
more from the mummies on
display is through “Uncover
Your Mummy.” Cards are given
at the beginning on the tour that
gives three clues as to who your
speci c mummy is. As you go
through the tour, you have to
nd out who your mummy is.
is is a great way to get adults
and children involved as well as
get them excited about learning
about the multifaceted aspects of
the exhibit.
e rst body was discovered
in 1865 in Guanajuato, Mexico.
A cholera outbreak led to an
increase in deaths. People had to
start paying for their ancestors to
be put in crypts, most of which
were above ground. When a
family could not pay the death
tax, a crypt was exposed. Dr.
Remigio Leroy, still with clothes,
hair, and skin, became the rst
discovered naturally mummi ed
mummy. e middle layer of
crypts were protected from
rainwater and stored in such
an air-tight facility, that the
remains of these deceased could
not deteriorate, and therefore
underwent a process of natural
mummi cation.
Since the natural
mummi cation happened
randomly, a wide variety of
people, not just royalty, were
mummi ed. Men, women,
and children, who are typically
persevered the best, are on
display in the exhibit. Most
of the bodies still have their
ngernails, toenails, and clothes
in tact. “We weren’t sure what
people’s reactions would be like,”
said Reeve, “ e exhibit is about
death, but more importantly, it’s
about life and the science behind
it and it explores the di erent
ways of the culture.”
Taking care of the mummies
in this exhibit is not easy.
Resource Manager of Volunteers
and Collections, Kelli Crawford
is responsible for controlling the
temperature and humidity of
each case. She elaborated: “It’s
not just an artifact. You’re taking
care of a person.” “Accidential
Mummies” is still on display
and runs through December 30.
With the new pricing, students
can receive a generous discount
o their ticket with their student
ID cards. On Nov. 2, the exhibit
will host a “Day of the Dead”
celebration where visitors can
view the exhibit, have some great
food, and experience authentic
Mexican culture. For more
information, visit the Center’s
website at http://www.natsci.
org/index.shtml
Megan Christy
Sta Writer
accidental mummies
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The remains of the deceased could not deteriorate, and therefore underwent a
process of natuaral muf cation
Jazz music has the ability to
bring people together with its
swing and pureness that capture
the essence of its tenacity.
Solos, improvisation, carefully
performed scales, and powerful
chords made for an incredible
night at Tate Street Co ee on
Oct. 25. Every ursday, the
co eehouse hosts a “Jazz Night”
where incredibly talented
UNCG students perform and
delight co ee drinkers with
their contagious passion. By
8 p.m., the place was already
packed with people eager to
hear the young performers.
e diverse crowd ranged from
those casually doing homework
or reading a book, to groups of
friends out for a night to relax
away from a busy week.
e night began with “I let a
Song Go out of My Heart,” a song
by one of jazz’s most famous
American composers, Duke
Ellington. Alex Smith, who was
accompanied by his group made
up of a keyboard, bass and drum
set, impeccably performed
the sweetness and honesty
of the saxophone. e group
instantly got the crowd dancing
and equally engaged in their
‘call and response’ tactics—a
densely used method in this
musical genre, that consists of
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Special to The Carolinian
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the performers encouraging the
audience to respond to whatever
they request of them.
Most of the songs were
composed of extensive solos
which were greatly appreciated
not only by the crowd, who
would cheer and applaud the
performers, but also by the
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e New Jersey punks in Titus
Andronicus may not follow in
the hardcore, power-violent
footsteps of their touring mates
Ceremony, but they certainly
exhibited punk’s work ethic on
Friday, Oct. 26 when they played
two performances in a single day
across North Carolina.
e rowdy punks played a
small show with Superchunk
member and Merge Records
co-founder Mac McCaughan
in Durham at a voter rally to
encourage North Carolina voters
to participate in early voting.
ough the band’s recently
released record is entitled “Local
Business,” there is nothing about
Patrick Stickles’ whiny raps that
is particularly political—the
indie-rock frontman spends
most of his time cra ing grand
and rebellious themes against a
society hell-bent on gentrifying
and weighing down his college-age
audience. ere is something
signi cant in the association of
Stickles’ lyricism and politics,
however, and the Andronicus’
second show of the day at
Greensboro’s CFBG proved
that the band’s slogan-centric
performances could justify
a campaign run lled with
shotgunning beers, dancing,
and screaming at the top of their
lungs.
e pairing of Titus
Andronicus and Ceremony is
outwardly a strange combination,
a fact that even Stickles copped
to when he thanked Ceremony
for joining them on tour.
ough Ceremony’s thrash has
recently been dialed down to
accommodate a wider audience
with this year’s release of
“Zoo,” the least acrimonious
entry in their discography, the
juxtaposition of Ross Farrar’s
ferocious barks and Stickles’
boisterous charm is as jarring as
witnessing their two individual
audiences. e slam dancing
and aggressive moshing began as
soon as “Into e Wayside Part
1/Sick” began pouring out of
Farrar’s mouth, sloshing against
the crowd’s ¥ ying punches and
jolting bodies. ere existed
nothing on Farrar’s face but the
utmost severity of rasp screams
and the fury of hardcore, an
image that contrasted greatly
with the sweaty smiles plastered
across Titus Andronicus later in
the night.
Held in the parking lot of
the small record co-op, the
outside performances avoided
being dulled by the brisk night
thanks to Titus Andronicus’
warm, garrulous presence. As
mentioned above, the boys of
Andronicus make for a crowd-swelling
performance thanks
to the natural gang-mentality
embedded within their songs.
“No Future Part ree: Escape
From No Future” and its key,
repetitious line of “You will
always be a loser” was just one
example of Titus Andronicus
unfurling the crowd’s hostile
nature through hits from their
2010 record “ e Monitor.” at
seminal release has not seemed to
direct the New Jersey natives into
an endless spiral of repeating past
successes: the recently released
“Local Business” feels rather
hermetic of Titus Andronicus’
accomplishments in 2010; it is
a conventional and competent
entry that has not truncated the
band’s earnest punk rock. Even
the ebullient “Food Fight!,” a
track on “Local Business” that
feels rather perfunctory on
record, still manages to use a
live performance to capture that
line between joy and energy that
Stickles and company manage to
cross so o en.
e audience of Titus
Andronicus could not have
been more receptive to the
band’s excellent set-list, and few
could blame them when the
band chose to play their most
worthwhile hits. Short, stubby,
and infectious one-liners like
“Titus Andronicus Forever”
and its rapturous chorus of
“ e enemy is everywhere” and
the rip-roaring ri s of “A More
Perfect Union” were enough
to make a tiny parking lot in
Greensboro feel monstrous. At
the height of his performance,
Patrick Stickles’ rambunctious
loathing can in¥ ate the chest
of any downtrodden youth he
pleases. is is the strength of
Titus Andronicus: a united,
hopeless audience pulled along
by witty punk slogans, bent
on carrying the cause of their
sweaty leader.
Ceremony and Titus
Andronicus exist in a curious
parallel considering the
reception of their most recent
releases—two accomplished
bands churning out middling-to-
competent content can
disappoint any fan, though
these punks still harness the
live intensity that made them
noteworthy in the rst place.
Kyle Minton
Sta Writer
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The boys of Titus Andronicus make for a crowd-swelling performance
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Punk band Ceremony shared the stage with Titus Andronicus
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musicians themselves. eir
energy, dedication, and passion
towards the world of music was
inevitably seen by those around
them. e group members
would direct a so smile at each
other a er their solos in approval
and gratitude. One could really
see the intense appreciation and
sensitivity they had for music.
“White Tiger Blood” was what
they called themselves that night
a er a shouted suggestion from
the crowd; they decided to keep
the name for the rest of their
performance. e night took a
di erent turn when the melody
of the song “Pure Imagination”
from the famous lm Willy
Wonka & e Chocolate Factory
travelled through the friendly
and romantic atmosphere
set in the co eehouse. is
song transported all to their
own thoughts and memories.
Everyone seemed lost in the
music while the musicians
skillfully portrayed the magical
e ect of such an unforgettable
piece.
As the performance came to
its end, “White Tiger Blood”
transitioned to a jam session.
e musicians existed the stage
accompanied by an everlasting
applause and gave way to another
group of students. Talent was all
around, as the night continued
its journey through incredible
improvisation. UNCG students
came together to portray the
eternal energy of jazz through the
freshness of fall in the comfort of
the co eehouse atmosphere set
in the streets of our very own
university that evening.
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The performers had an intense appreciation for their music
As the second most
commercial holiday, right
behind Christmas, Halloween
costume sales are skyrocketing
through the roof. But why
has Halloween become so
popular? Many propose that the
“vampire a ect” has increased
the popularity of Halloween
amongst today’s youth. Ever since
the very popular series, Twilight,
graced the eyes of extremely
loyal followers, many other
TV shows, books, and movies
have emerged with a vampire
concept and story line. e book
and movie series’ revenue has
produced Hollywood’s highest
paid actress, Kristen Steward.
Vampires, werewolves, and the
supernatural have become an
interest of our youth and for the
entertainment world, and area to
make money.
As children, Halloween is
highly anticipated because one
gets to dress up and collect
a ton of candy, and eat the
majority of it in one setting. As
adults, Halloween is an excuse;
an excuse to dress up and be
something crazy without being
judged. It’s a night to be care free
and to just have a good time.
Finding the perfect costume
can be stressful for some, and
impromptu for others. So what
are some popular costumes to
choose from this year?
Last year, Snookie, Angry
Birds, and Lady Gaga costumes
were very popular and highly
worn. is year, many media
outlets are reporting that
topping our very own president
and his opponent are the top-selling
costumes. President
Obama masks are selling out
all over the nation. Within
the top 10 Couples’ costumes
would include a combination of
President Obama and Governor
Mitt Romney mask. With
the election days away, this
is a very relevant and comica
combination. Not to mention
it is an economical win, since
you only have to buy the mask
and wear a suit from your
own closet. Top Gun and e
Avengers are also two popular
costume ideas this year. Besides
cultural references or jokes,
the top Halloween costumes
are fairly consistent. e most
popular from year to year
include superheroes, Disney
Princesses, pirates, and re
and police men, and women.
ese ideas do not take a lot
of thought and can are easily
accessible, which may be being
the reason for their consistent
popularity.
Pets are also getting in the
action of this holiday being
another area of increased pro ts
of Halloween apparel. Many
feel the need to dress up their
pets in little costumes simply
add to the H. e bumble- bee,
Elvis, Lady “Dogga” (the canine
version of Lady Gaga), the
Crayon, and Superman are the
Top 5 Halloween costumes for
pets.
With growing income from
pet, kids, and adult costumes,
and the extraordinary interior
and exterior home decorations,
one can see why Halloween
is becoming more and more
commercial. Although some
stores are already preparing for
Christmas, which always comes
at a traditionally early time,
will Halloween one day surpass
Christmas in being the most
commercial holiday? Only time
will tell.
Tom Gill
Sta Writer
Top Halloween Costumes of 2012
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Within the Top 10 Couples Costumes are Obama and Romney
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internet interaction: chat
rooms, reddit, & online dating
How the internet has revolutionized campaigns
Emily Brown
Sta Writer
Technology has played an
integral role in the upbringing
of Millennials. Our generation
is accustomed to instant co ee
and instant messages. Our
relationship with technology
has inspired an argument
as to whether or not the
technological advancements
we have made were for the
better, or whether they limited
our ability to think critically,
exert patience, or appreciate
the hardships of reality. One
of the most interesting ways to
explore both the good and the
bad aspects of technology for
the Millennial generation is to
assess technology and political
campaigns.
We hear “campaigns” and
have a much easier time
coming up with the “bad,” even
the “ugly,” but there is good.
Presidential candidates have a
more immediate portal to the
public. Barack Obama, for one,
has taken advantage of YouTube
to host a new Town Hall, in
which any American could pose
a question to the President. Jon
Huntsman, Jill Stein and Barack
Obama have used Reddit, a
popular networking site with
interest-speci c subpages to be
temporarily available to users
who had questions or concerns
during the Presidential Primary
and earlier stages of the General
Election. e campaign for Mitt
Romney regularly sponsors
and promotes certain Twitter
hashtags with the purpose of
targeting users and allowing for
discussion. Other hashtags, such
as #CantA ord4More, see great
success with conservative users
on Twitter.
e accessibility to our
favorite political pundits and
local politicians has changed
our election culture as we
know it. e internet has
given politicians di erent
opportunities for fundraising.
In 2008, the Barack Obama
campaign utilized the internet
for small donations under
$100. e new-wave appeal to
young voters, along with the
request for donations produced
an incredible bank account for
the Obama campaign. Both
candidates in this election cycle
have utilized similar approaches,
along with creating online stores
with campaign merchandise.
Supporters can buy from
the website, and because the
purchase is equivalent to a
campaign donation, they do
not have to pay sales taxes or a
shipping fee. Besides the waiting
game prior to the delivery, that
makes the purchase equivalent
to going to Old Navy and
walking out with a tank top.
Technology has made each of
us a more important individual
to a political campaign. We
are a more accessible fan base
with the World Wide Web
and our attachment to smart
phones and PDAs, meaning that
candidates are subconsciously
more responsible for going out
of their way to reach each of us.
Both Presidential candidates
have Tumblr, Pinterest,
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
and some other accounts that
may be unlisted here. Even more
interesting - their sta does, too.
e individual personalities that
have created the atmosphere and
core values of the Romney or
Obama campaigns are evident.
For example, the Digital Team
for Barack Obama is known for
tweeting interesting countdown
updates to the Election Day.
When 28 days were le until
November 6, Harper (@
Harper), tweeted “there is a
February le until Election
Day!” Similarly, members of the
Romney campaign have been
able to take jabs at the President,
such as drawing a landing strip
near a North Carolina Victory
o ce and asking the President
(@BarackObama) when he was
going to land his plane in North
Carolina.
O en, technology is seen
as a method of cheapening
social interaction. As if our
parents were keen listeners
at the dinner table, they are
o ended by our attachment to
our cellphones when they try
to make conversations with us.
As members of the Millennial
generation become parents, they
have to battle with important
new responsibilities and their
acute social engagement. e
relationship between employers
and sta has evolved with new
complications, and there is a new
boundary for school systems
to train educators in regards to
the relationship they have with
their students. It is important
to understand the entire
myriad of changes presented
to society with technological
advancements in social
interaction, particularly with
civic engagement and political
awareness. It is hard to be on
Facebook at all without knowing
at least a marginal amount of
information about candidates
on the ticket this November, and
both candidates deserve kudos
for their willingness to engage
a myriad of di erent voter
factions through all the possible
social media exposures this year.
Despite the complications
with virtual realities, the world-wide
web and all of its factions
still exists as a platform in which
individuals of any walk of life
can access information. Perhaps
arguments among loved ones
will graduate from snail mail
to email with italicized insults
and all-caps emphasis. ose
moderately intrigued by a
candidate’s accessibility will also
graduate from brie¥ y reading a
newspaper article to perusing
their entire Wikipedia Page,
perhaps their campaign page,
and hopefully by reaching out to
them with a question on Twitter,
a thought-provoking critique
on their Facebook status, and
sharing a new perspective with
strangers around the world on
Reddit.
Both campaigns have made big use of networks like Twitter in 2012.
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Lessons of Google
Jonathan Waye
Sta Writer
e pursuit of knowledge has
been a driving force in our world
since the beginning of recorded
history; the world of technology
included. With computer science
on the rise during the 1980s and
90s, it was only a matter of time
before someone would think
to network them. e internet
enabled the vast global network
to be created, and granted access
to communicate with other
computers around the world.
In its early stages, however,
the internet su ered from
disorganization, hindering the
process of sharing information;
the network needed a librarian.
Entering stage-le : Larry Page
and Sergey Brin, the founders
of Google. Turns out these guys
were actually college buddies at
Stanford University and in 1998
decided to create Google, the one
we all know and love. With the
disorganization of data in mind,
Google decided this should be
their mission: “to organize the
world’s information and make
it universally accessible and
useful.”
I am fairly certain that I speak
for all of us when I say it is an
integral part of my life. If you
have a smartphone, I am sure
you use at least one “Gmail”
account, and have a Google
search bar on one of your phone’s
windows. It is clear that Google
has fundamentally changed the
way we approach interaction
with the online web.
On Google’s company website,
they list 10 helpful tips they have
learned throughout their young
career. e most important of
which, is the belief that “fast
is better than slow.” Chrome
continually outperforms itself,
breaking its own speed records.
is sort of innovation sort
of innovation is a compelling
force in the technological world,
and is what makes the “Google
experience” so quick and
streamlined.
Another prime belief is that
“there is always more information
out there.” Judging by the rate at
which this international globe
is growing, there is bound to
more. Sure, maybe the internet
has millions of results for “cute
kittens,” but what about less
popular search queries? How do
we nd these bits of information
if they are not accessible from
where we are? Google has made
short work of connecting these
websites together, allowing
users to quickly nd whatever
information they seek, whether
it be “how to remove super glue”
or “psychoanalytical critiques of
William Shakespeare’s Tempest,”
you can trust you will nd
answers nearly instantaneously.
“We keep speed in mind with
each new product we release.”
is brings us to another
important point: “You don’t
need to be at your desk to need
an answer.” How many times
have you simply wondered
something trivial, but it bugs you
until you found out? “How deep
is the Grand Canyon?” You may
even need it for an urgent need
or situation, such as what to do
a er you get into a car accident.
Regardless of the scenario, the
basic need is the same: we all need
to access information, especially
when it is inconvenient or made
impossible.
A nal point is that “the
need for information crosses
all borders.” People everywhere
are trying to connect and
access information on a global
network that we all are a part
of. e vastness of this network
is astounding; why can we not
make it globally accessible?
anks to some very e cient
streamlining, Google provides
users with the ability to nd
answers regardless of their
physical location.
Internet chatting in history
Chris McCracken
Features Editor
e social landscape of
virtually every college campus
in America is dominated by
technology. Today, social
interactions that were once
entirely done by word-of-mouth
are achieved online. Want to
ask a person out for a date?
You will probably click through
their Facebook to check for a
signi cant other. Want to attend
a fraternity party or promote an
event? You are probably more
likely to post about it on Twitter
rather than hand out ¥ yers on
College Avenue. is is a clear
sign of the times: technology
is now relatively cheap, and
readily accessible, making it an
inevitable option for students.
But how did our culture grow
to be so focused on technology
for day-to-day communications?
One of the clearest evolutions
in many students’ lifetimes has
been the rise and fall of the
internet chat room.
In the 1990s, America Online
was the dominant internet
service provider in the country.
e service was known for
its numerous commercials
featuring computers zooming
through the internet at
lightning-fast speed, and for
sending out free CD-ROMs
for recipients to download the
platform. e dial-up service
provided a clean so ware portal
that served as a gateway to the
internet, and allowed users to
click buttons to access many
key features. Instead of typing
“gmail.com” into a browser,
for example, users could click
“mail,” and their inbox would
pop up instantly.
e popularity of the service
was unreal. Reggie Fairchild,
Product Manager for AOL
4.0 recalled that, “When we
launched AOL 4.0 in 1998, AOL
used ALL of the world-wide CD
production for several weeks.
ink of that. Not a single
music CD or Microso CD was
produced during those weeks.”
One of the coolest features
of America Online was its chat
room feature. At a time when
home computers were a novelty
and the cell phone was the size a
brick, the service allowed users to
connect to hundreds of people at
once, completely anonymously.
Tanner Maluchnik, a blogger
for LifeDestiny.com wrote, “As
a curious youngster, I delved
deeply into the fascination of
being able to chat with people
across the world on just about
any topic you could think of.
AOL chat rooms covered just
about any niche you could think
of, just as today social media
sites cater to just about any niche
Online dating: a tool of
the future for lovers
Charlena Wynn
Sta Writer
e internet has become a
part of our everyday lives at an
increasing rate. Communication
is faster via video chats like
Skype and Oovoo, email, and
instant messaging. Being able
to meet and talk to someone in
a di erent state or country is
appealing to many who want to
meet new people.
It is no surprise that online
dating has become so popular
with about 54 million singles
in the United States. About 40
million people in the U.S. have
tried online dating in hopes to
meet a future partner. More men
than women use online dating at
52.5 percent for men and 47.5
percent for women. Online
dating users are between 19 and
89, the median age is 48 years
old. With that being said, there
are dangers. About 10 percent
of sex o enders have used these
sites to meet people. While fun
and interesting, precautions
should be taken when talking
online to protect your identity
as well as your physical self.
People have the potential to lie
about a number of things that
would otherwise keep you from
showing interest.
rough online dating, people
can select the type of person that
they feel most attracted to. ese
sites require that a user answer
a standardized questionnaire
and psychological tests to
collect data. e information
is then processed and is le as
an option to post on the users
pro le for others to see so other
members can decide whether or
not they are interested. ese
decisions can be based on race,
age, height, and body type. Even
religious and political beliefs
and education come into play.
For some users, this o ers them
the control they seek in nding
a partner.
Sites like Match.com and
Plenty of Fish show possible
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Reddit: the “wild west” of the world wide web
Ashley Northup
Opinions Editor
It has been said that the
Internet in its current state is a
lot like the Wild West. ere are
very few regulations, and you are
on your own when it comes to
navigation. If that is true, then
Reddit, the so-called “front page
of the Internet,” is a forum where
all the good and bad of this Wild
West atmosphere are squeezed
into one place.
Reddit is composed of many
di erent areas called Subreddits.
e most popular ones cover
topics like atheism, politics,
humor, news, and gaming.
However, there are Subreddits
for just about anything you can
imagine. If you cannot nd a
Subreddit for your niche hobby
or interest, you can make one.
ere is also a front page of the
most popular stories across the
various Subreddits. As of right
now the top stories include a
bureaucrat in India who ghts
corruption, an AMA (ask me
anything, an open question and
answer,) with the editors of e
Onion, a cat picture, a Banjo
Kazooie Halloween costume, a
Susan B. Anthony quote about
religion, and a scam message
received on Xbox Live.
e vastness of topics on
Reddit can easily be used to
represent the vastness of the
Internet itself. With that vastness
comes the wild part of the Wild
West. Moderation is always a
topic of debate online. How
much moderation is too much?
e general consensus on the
Internet has been that it should
remain free and unregulated,
but then situations like taking
pictures of women and putting
them online against their will
or child pornography come up,
making the basic idea of leaving
everything open complicated.
e rules of Reddit consist of a
list smaller than you will see just
about anywhere else. ey do
not allow spamming, cheating,
posting of personal information,
or child pornography. e child
pornography rule is a recent
one. ere was once a Subreddit
called jailbait with pictures of
minors. ere was an outcry,
and eventually Reddit shut it
down and put up the new rule.
Another topic of privacy came
when a community member
named Violentacrez had his
personal identity shared by
username Gawker. He posted
some questionable content and
was a moderator of Subreddits
dedicated to photos of underage
girls and similar themes. e
public outing caused him to lose
his job. Many on Reddit were
opposed to this, under the idea
that attacking and persecuting
someone because they do
things you do not agree with is
a dangerous line to cross. It is
a popular line of thought, but
not always one that holds up
in all situations. For example,
recently when a bus monitor was
mercilessly bullied by teenage
boys Reddit took action and
raised $600,000 for her. at also
led to those teenage boys having
their information put up on the
Internet, and receiving death
threats.
ere have been other
benevolent events with no
downsides. When a post came
up about Omari, a man who
defended a Kenyan orphanage
from attackers but was wounded
in the attack, Reddit raised over
$70,000 for the orphanage. is
allowed it to have fences and a
lot more food. e initial goal to
be raised was $2,000.
e thing about the Wild
West is that it all comes down
the cowboys. Sheri s want to
regulate everything, and bandits
want to destroy everything, but
cowboys can go either way. e
users of the Internet are the ones
deciding how it functions. e
important part, though, is the
good. Reddit, like the Wild West,
is not regulated on the hope that
in the end there are enough good
people to keep it from being
unlivable. So far, that seems to
be the case.
Reddit has been a source of good for the internet; the network once
raised $600,000 for a victim of bullying.
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pro le matches. is allows
users to contact possible matches
through a noti cation that lets
the other know that someone is
interested in them. Most of these
sites have features that are only
available through a monthly fee.
For instance, Match.com charges
members to message with other
users. Without the membership,
Match.com is obsolete thus
making it harder to connect.
Match.com and eHarmony are
among the dating sites that some
nd to have the best quality
singles. is could be because of
their membership fees; people
are more likely to be interested
in a serious relationship, and
they see this as an investment
in their future versus other sites
like Okcupid, Plenty of Fish and
Zoosk.
Is online dating more bene cial
than meeting someone in person
by chance or through a friend?A
study published by Psychological
Science in the Public Interest
and reported by Time Magazine
says that internet dating may be
good for singles when it comes
to meeting new people, but not
necessarily when it comes to
you can think of.”
One How Stu Works article
quoted the statistics for AOL chat
room usage in the early 2000s:
“According to statistics from the
Pew Internet & American Life
Project, 55 percent of online
teens and 28 percent of online
adults used chat rooms. But by
2005, those numbers had fallen
to 18 percent of teens and 17
percent of adults.”
Eventually, the chaos of
anonymous chat rooms gave
way to less anonymous instant
messaging. Products like the free
AOL Instant Messenger allowed
users to add one-another to a
“buddy list,” and communicate
via text in real time. is mode
of communication was like a
primitive form of texting.
By 2005, the popular social
networking website MySpace
began to rise in popularity,
and the use of both dial up
internet and networks like AOL
Instant Messenger declined
substantially. Nicholas Carlson
wrote that by 2012, the network
had just four million users. is
was in comparison to millions of
paying AOL subscribers in the
previous decades.
Today, the concept of
chat rooms on the internet
seems almost silly. Portals
like Facebook and Twitter
can instantly connect users
to hundreds of their real-life
friends and acquaintances, and
can be used connect people
socially, to promote real-life
events, and to help build
and maintain relationships
by supplementing real life
interaction with online time.
One of the strange paradoxes
of the internet is that the bigger
and more global that it gets, the
more withdrawn users become
into their own real-life world.
nding the one. As of now, there
is no data that proves that it is
better than real world dating. In
fact it may be harder to nd a
long lasting love through online
dating because of the limitations
of the pro le. It is informative
but it does not show how two
people will interact in real life
situations.
Real world or online, nding
a long lasting relationship can
be di cult. It requires trial and
error to possibly nd someone.
Keep in mind, this does not
mean that no one has bene tted
from online dating. ere is
no way to promise a successful
online dating journey regardless
of online dating tips that appear
in a Google search. Much like
real world dating, one must dive
in and see what happens.
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Spartans a 25-14 win and a
3-1 victory in the set.
Karrian Chambers recorded
a match high 21 kills along with
14 digs.
UNCG welcomed rival
Appalachian State a day later
looking to sweep the season
series a er taking a victory in
Boone earlier this year.
e Spartans came out strong
in the rst set racing out to a 7-1
lead and never looking back on
the way to a 25-21 set victory.
Appalachian State would
respond however in the second
set with a strong start themselves
going up 6-2 out of the gate.
e Mountaineers survived
a comeback e ort from the
Spartans and took the second
set 25-22.
e two teams would trade
points in the third set with
neither team able to pull away
from the other. UNCG was able
to pull away late with the help of
three straight points thanks to
a pair of Karrian Chambers kill
and a WCU error. A couple of
points later UNCG was able to
take a 25-21 victory thanks to a
WCU service error.
UNCG was able to put the
Mountaineers way with a strong
fourth set. e Spartans held
a slim three point lead at 13-
10 midway through the match
before a 7-2 run helped open up
some breathing room. Morgan
Freeman eventually ended the
match with her 13th kill of the
match to li UNCG to a 25-15
victory.
Olivia Humphries led the
way with 20 kills to go along
with 11 digs, while Karrian
Chambers added 13 kills and
Julia Westerbur contributed 11
of her own.
With the victory the Spartans
improved to 13-11 on the
season and 7-5 in the Southern
Conference, tied with Elon for
second in the North division.
One argument that’s been
made about the NFL and the
concussion issue is the “Soccer
Mom” argument. Essentially,
the NFL’s popularity will falter
because worrisome mothers
would forbid their children to play
such a dangerous sport. With less
kids playing football, there will in
turn be less interest in the sport
itself. Eventually, the amount of
people playing a sport other than
football will overtake the overall
interest in watching football and
the NFL will nally be dethroned
as America’s favorite sport. e
slippery slope fallacy has been
used many times to deter an
audience from the truth, but not
this time. ere are many holes in
this logic, one of which suggests
that kids listen to their parents
100% of the time. Soccer Moms
are not going to kill football.
It seems as though the issue
of concussions is simply just a
football problem. is couldn’t
be farther from the truth. Sidney
Crosby, an NHL player, has been
on and o the ice last season
because of a concussion. In
baseball, due to the increased
awareness of this injury
concussions have been diagnosed
with players like Eric Chavez of
the Yankees and Jason Bay of the
Mets. In the NBA, where it is
routinely joked that when a star
player gets touched the opposing
player is instantly called for a
foul, Kobe Bryant even su ered
a concussion. Every sport has
had their fair share of concussion
cases. As I said before, the
importance isn’t necessarily the
prevention of concussions but
rather the treatment. So to say the
NFL’s popularity would go down
because of it seems silly at best.
As much as I believe
Commissioner Roger Goodell is
doing a terrible job with player
safety (especially when trying to
implement an 18-game schedule),
the one thing I do believe he and
the rest of the NFL does well is
promote the game of football.
Meanwhile, the NFL was slow
to move on to more damaging
helmet-to-helmet hits and cold
shots on defenseless receivers.
is legislative response seems
to re³ ect a lack of priorities on
the league’s part. In essence they
value knees over head, which
makes little to no sense. But
from the league’s perspective, it
makes perfect sense.
Let us consider the type of
player most a ected by those hits
over the middle. For the most
part, they are slot receivers: 3rd
on an NFL team’s depth chart
and, perhaps more importantly,
starting on 0% of fantasy teams.
Further, the most that usually
happens to those players a er
a nasty hit is a concussion. You
can recover from one of those in
two to three weeks (or six days
if you are RG3, apparently)!
Meanwhile, a torn ACL takes a
full 12-18 months to properly
heal.
e primary purpose of the
NFL is to entertain the masses
and to make a ton of money
doing so. Its purpose is certainly
not to ensure its players’ safety
nor is it to ensure the quality of
life of those who gave away so
many years and brain cells to
entertain you and me. A year
lost to a knee injury is bad for
business; a concussion lessens
quality of life, but not business.
is is what happened to
Duerson and Seau. Seau was
particularly jarring for a couple
of reasons. e rst is that
during the 90s, the period of
time I grew up with football, if
you were to look up “linebacker”
in a Football 101 textbook,
Seau’s picture and description
would be listed. I watched him
growing up and admired him,
even though he played for the
Chargers and not my Panthers
or Vikings.
e second is signi cantly
more personal but provides
the nal, and possibly most
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powerful, insight as to why
football is on its way out. When I
heard about Seau, my immediate
thoughts went not to him and his
family, but to my little brother,
who has been playing football
since he was nine years old.
Before football, my little
brother was an unruly,
sometimes aggressive kid
who got in trouble a lot. A er
football, he organized his mind
and calmed down. His second-year
team even served as a
personal inspiration as, a er
going 1-6 the previous year, ran
the table in impressive fashion
and won the city championship.
My little brother played an
instrumental part in that
championship game, sacking
the other team’s quarterback and
forcing a fumble on the opening
drive of the second half.
Fast forward three years: my
little brother su ers his rst
concussion at the age of 13.
For weeks a erward, he woke
up with headaches. To assuage
worries, he is ne.
e story of the lost child or
teenager nding purpose and
camaraderie in football is not
uncommon. However, the story
of the concerned parent taking
the child out of football or not
signing him up in the rst place
is becoming less uncommon.
ree years ago, the 7th grade
park league in Raleigh elded
ten teams. is year, that
number is down to six.
Basketball and soccer
probably ll football’s void. e
former is already the 2nd most
popular sport in America and
is mother-friendly. Soccer’s
popularity is only increasing,
and there will likely come a
time when, due to the shoddy
nancial infrastructure of
European soccer, America
comes to the rescue and secures
top-³ ight status in the Beautiful
Game.
Concussions, like they were
to Duerson and Seau, are likely
to be the death of football as we
know it.
e Super Bowl is a spectacle
that’s not to be missed. In terms of
ratings alone, the Super Bowl has
been the most watched television
event for the past three years.
Last year, in the midst of all these
concussion talks, the Super Bowl
broke record to become the most-watched
TV telecast of all time.
One last though unfortunate
truth about the NFL’s popularity
among fans is the fact that many
of them simply love to see big
hits. Before concussions were
even discussed let alone treated
properly, ESPN’s NFL coverage
ran a segment called Jacked
Up, which showed the biggest,
strongest, and most violent hits
of the week. ESPN has since
done away with the segment, but
many fans have clamored to get it
back. ere’s even a petition on
the Internet for those wanting to
bring back Jacked Up. People love
collisions. It’s a barbaric sport,
but the violence is what attracts
these fans.
I’d be lying if I said the issue
of concussions in the NFL will
go away. As a matter of fact, it
will never go away. So long as
there is football in the United
States, there will also be players
being concussed due to getting
hit. But that’s not the biggest
problem in football. e biggest
problem is the diagnosis and
treatment of concussions. Times
are better than before where
players would routinely play
through concussions. Many of
those players are not suing the
league. Yet somehow, more and
more athletes are trying out for
football early on so that maybe
one day they’ll become an o¯ cial
NFL player. e pool of talent
for universities and eventually
professional football teams will
never dry up. ere will always be
another man who is willing to play
such a dangerous sport. Because
of this, the game of football will
never die. With games being
played, there will always be fans to
watch it. Boxing may have died,
but football will be on top for a
very long time.
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Phoenix spoil Spartan soccer senior night
Sat
UNCG 1
Elon 2(2OT)
Sports
It is that time of year again,
where the leaves fall from the
trees and Halloween costumes
are bought in excess. But most
importantly late October
means the two best teams in
baseball meet in the World
Series. e American league
representative is the Detroit
Tigers, making their 11th World
Series appearance. e National
league representative is the
San Francisco Giants, who are
making their 19th trip to the
big dance. Both teams have the
roster needed to compete come
playo time and did not have
been on a roll.
e Tigers’ journey to the
World Series involved facing
two very di erent teams. First,
the Tigers had to take on the very
young Oakland Athletics, who
came into the playo s as one of
the Cinderella stories in baseball
this season. e A’s have one of
the lowest payrolls in baseball,
but were still able to beat out the
star studded Texas Rangers and
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
to win the AL West. e Tigers
were able to defeat the A’s and
move on to what would seem a
bigger challenge, the New York
Yankees. However, the Tigers
once again made a case to why
they should be nicknamed the
“Yankee Killers”. e Tigers
beat the Yankees in four straight
games. is included making
one of the league’s best pitchers,
CC Sabathia, look like a minor
league scrub in Game 4. is
was the second straight season
that the Tigers eliminated the
Yankees from the playo s.
It took a few games for the
San Francisco Giants to pick up
steam in the postseason. e
Giants fell behind 2-0 in their
divisional series against the
Cincinnati Reds. While most
teams o en have little chance to
mount a comeback in the series,
the Giants refused to give up.
e Giants rallied, winning the
next three games in Cincinnati
to take the series. Next up the
Giants had to face the defending
World Series champions, the St.
Louis Cardinals. It was a tough
series that went seven games, but
like the Tigers, the Giants made
a statement in the closeout game
of the series. e Giants scored
ve runs in the third inning to
ensure a 9-0 victory.
e Giants and Tigers make
for a very compelling World
Series matchup. e Tigers
have a high powered o ense
with the likes of Prince Fielder
and Miguel Cabrera, as well
as having the best pitcher in
baseball, Justin Verlander
leading their rotation. e San
Francisco Giants are known for
their incredible pitching sta ,
with the likes of Barry Zito, Tim
Lincecum and Matt Cain, as well
as a lineup of talented hitters.
In an argument of which
team has the best chance to win,
I would have to pick the San
Francisco Giants. e Giants
have played their best baseball at
home this year, and thanks to the
National League defeating the
American league in this year’s
all-star game, the Giants hold
home eld advantage in case the
series goes 7 games. e Giants
currently hold a 2-0 series lead,
a er beating the Tigers in their
rst two matchups. Game 1
was an impressive showing
by the Giants who shut down
the league’s best pitcher Justin
Verlander, forcing the Tigers to
remove their ace in the fourth
inning. Game 2 was a tighter
matchup with the Giants pulling
It was a breezy autumn night,
and ve seniors were honored
before the Spartans game versus
rival Elon. e honorees were
seniors Hakan Ilhan, Peyton
Ford, Jonathan Leonard, Ross
Burki and Adam Shore. e
Spartans controlled the rst half,
as well as half of the second half,
until things got rough towards
the end of the game, resulting
in another overtime loss for the
Spartans this season. Before this
game, the Spartans were 0-2-2 in
overtime matchups this season,
and sadly it went no di erently
against Elon.
e rst half was all Spartans,
as they outshot Elon 9-4, and
were clearly the more aggressive
team. UNCG had plenty of
chances to score early, with a goal
called back by the ref in the 18th
minute because the Spartans
were o sides. e Spartans were
nally able to take the lead in the
42nd minute, when Hakan Ilhan
drilled a ball right past Phoenix
goalkeeper Nathan Dean. is
gave the Spartans some positive
momentum going into hal ime.
Senior Peyton Ford made
some wonderful saves early in
the second half. In the 53rd
minute Ford made a save a er
Elon forward Chris omas
tried bending a kick into the net
from 18 yards out. e biggest
play Ford made was in the 67th
minute when Elon was awarded
a penalty kick and Ford managed
to make the save, keeping the
lead in UNCG’s hands.
e bad luck for the Spartans
began in the 77th minute, when
Elon broke through UNCG’s
defenses and tied the game. In
addition to this, the Spartans
had a penalty kick to retake the
lead in the 81st minute when
Oddur Gudmundsson red a
beauty that was punched away
by Elon goalkeeper Nathan
Dean.
Peyton Ford came up big
once again the 89th minute,
making a big save that was able
to keep Elon from winning
in regulation. However, the
Spartans had no success in
overtime. e rst overtime was
uneventful, with very little going
well for either team. It seemed as
the second overtime would have
the result and that the game
would end in a tie, but Elon was
able to get a spark in the 108th
minute when Elon mid elder
Matt Wescoe scored the game
winning goal for the Phoenix.
is loss continues the bad luck
UNCG has had in overtime this
season, going to 0-3-2 in games
that go to extra time.
Coach Maulin o ered his
thoughts of the game saying,
“I’m very proud of my players,
proud of the e ort and their
motivation. ey stuck with the
game plan. We did a terri c job
in the rst half of pinning Elon
in because they couldn’t get out.
In the second half, we made
them change tactically what they
do. We had some good chances
to win it and we have just been
unfortunate in overtime to lose
it again”.
ere are some things to look
forward to going into the SoCon
tournament. Losing to Elon
ensured every game the Spartans
play in the tournament will be
on the road, which most would
feel is a disadvantage. However,
the Spartans have been terrible
at home this year, as their home
record for the season nishes at
1-5-1. Being on the road may
do the Spartans some good and
Coach Maulin is optimistic, as
he says “I just told them that all
we have to do is win three games
and we can win a championship.
Just keep doing what we’re doing
because hard luck will turn
into luck, and eventually luck is
going to bounce our way.”
out a close 2-0 victory.
e 108th World Series has
been exciting so far, and it
should continue to get better as
the series shi s to Detroit, where
the Tigers will try and gain an
advantage over the Giants before
going back to San Francisco, as it
is a very hard task to beat a team
who is that good at home. At the
end of the day, no matter how
great the hitters are for Detroit,
they only have one really good
pitcher, while the Giants have
three. e World Series is far
from over, but do not fret if
you are not a person who really
enjoys baseball. While I feel it
would be sad if a sports fan did
not watch at least one World
Series game, if it’s not your
taste, the NBA is starting soon,
as well as the second half of the
NFL season, which makes for
an interesting month of sports
ahead.
Joseph Abraham
Sta Writer
Joseph Abraham
Sta Writer
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Sports Editor
Sports
with 12 shots and 10 corner
kicks, Georgia Southern came
out on top with only 5 shots. It
just wasn’t their day.
In response to the
game, Head coach Steven
Nugent stated “ is is a tough
one as this is Deja-Vu from last
season…I want to give Georgia
Southern a lot of credit, you
have to put the ball into the back
of the net and we didn’t do it.
eir goalie made a couple of
game saving saves. For our kids,
our hearts really hurt for our six
seniors who will be leaving us.”
UNCG nished the
2012 season with a record of
12-7-1 and their ninth SoCon
regular season title. is was not
the way the Spartans seniors,
Lauren Hein, Cat Barenkow,
Karin Sendel, Jessi Gulledge,
and Tinna Bergthorsdottir,
wanted to end their UNCG
soccer career; however, they
should be proud of their heart
and e ort which was displayed
on the eld against the Georgia
Southern Eagles and throughout
the season.
Arguing the editor: NFL edition
“He’s hurt.”
“LaFell made the catch and got
leveled…”
“He’s hurt, Mick. He took a
shot and he’s not moving. He’s
lying facedown on the eld and
he’s not moving.”
is was an exchange between
Panthers radio play-by-play man
Mick Mixon and commentator
Eugene Robinson during the
Panthers’ most recent game
against the Chicago Bears. Unable
(and unwilling considering
their play of late) to watch the
Panthers game due to covering
the womens’ soccer playo game,
I listened to bits and pieces from
headphones connected to my
smartphone’s radio.
At that point, the national
anthem was about to play. I spent
the next 90 seconds half-listening
to our country’s song and half-worrying
about the life of wide
receiver Brandon LaFell.
Football’s days as the number
one sport in the land are
numbered. e period of time
where we as a society can enjoy
football without actively worrying
about the players’ well-being is
coming to a close. Gladiators
went out of fashion a little while
ago. Boxing is hitting its decline
just as everyone is seeing how
messed up Muhammad Ali is
getting. Football is on a similar
path to obscurity.
LaFell ended up being okay.
But hits like that happen all the
time in the NFL. With the caliber
of athlete required to make a 53-
man roster (kickers and punters
aside, sorry), it is a wonder that
more serious, life-threatening
injuries are not happening on
elds on Sundays.
No, those injuries take place
a er careers are over. Perhaps
In 2011, the NFL locked out
their players in search of a better
CBA deal. A er a late summer
agreement, the NFL started the
season without losing any regular
season games. According to the
Nielsen Company, 9 of the top 10
single telecast TV programs that
year were NFL programming.
Just dealing with sports, the top
12 most watched sporting events
in the rst half of 2012 were NFL
games. A Cowboys/Giants regular
season game beat out games like
the BCS Championship, Final
Four NCAA basketball games,
and even the NBA Finals.
In 2012, the NFL locked
out the referees. A er three
weeks of terrible o¯ ciating,
highlighted by what’s deemed the
worst call ever made during the
Packers/Seahawks game by the
replacement refs, the NFL and the
regular o¯ cials agreed to a CBA,
placing the regulars back on the
eld for Week 4. Even with the
replacement refs, the ratings for
the NFL have not faltered. NFL
Jose Torres
Sta Writer
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NFL Commissioner Roger Gooddell with Dr. Story Landis of the NIH, US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno discussing concussions
the most jarring recent example
is that of Junior Seau. Back in
May, Seau committed suicide
by shooting himself through
the heart. Former safety Dave
Duerson killed himself at the
age of 50 in similar fashion in
February of 2011, leaving a note
that he wanted his brain to be
studied.
However, Seau had just
nished playing. He played his
last season with the New England
Patriots in 2009. His entire career,
he was known as a warrior,
someone who battled on despite
various ailments and despite his
o en terrible teams.
“He always bounced back and
kept playing,” said his ex-wife
Gina Seau a er the suicide. “He’s
a warrior. at didn’t stop him.”
Over his 20-year career, he
su ered no reported concussions.
Is it because he was smart in how
he positioned his body for hits?
Maybe, but over a twenty-year
career, that seems unlikely. NFL
teams have only recently been
forced to place doctors on the
sidelines to monitor concussions
and to prevent players going back
on the eld with concussion-like
systems.
Before the 2005 season, the NFL
instituted a “horse collar” rule
that assessed the o ending team
a 15-yard penalty if they tackled
the opponent by pulling them
down from behind. e reason:
the previous year a horse collar
tackle broke Terrell Owens’s leg,
sitting him down until the Super
Bowl. e NFL instituted a rule in
2009 barring defensive linemen
and linebackers from attacking
quarterbacks’ knees because in
2008, Bernard Karmell Pollard
(as he is known to Patriots’ fans)
tore Tom Brady’s ACL in the
opening week of the 2008 season
by doing just that.
games rank as the nine most-watched
TV shows since Labor
Day.
e point in giving all of these
statistics in terms of TV ratings
is to illustrate the fact that the
NFL survived two lockouts and
yet people watched these games
anyways. ere is no doubt in
my mind with recent concussion
issues that the NFL will not die
away in terms of popularity. If
the NFL can survive the debacle
that was the replacement refs,
then they surely can survive the
concussion backlash.
e issue with concussions
isn’t necessarily on prevention as
it is more on treatment. is is a
game where players are constantly
getting hit. ese people that
strap up and put on the uniform
understand that they may not
come out of this game the same
way they came in. at does not
matter to the players. So when
fans of the game understand the
sacri ce these athletes make, they
appreciate it and in turn watch the
game to admire them.
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Fri
UNCG 3
W. Carolina 1
Spartans scale two-match home mountain
Sports
e UNCG volleyball team
entered this weekend with a
pair of crucial games against
rivals Western Carolina and
Appalachian State. e Spartans
needed the wins to remain in
a battle for second place with
Elon in the North division of
the Southern Conference.
Mission accomplished.
e Spartans carried
the momentum from their
dominant victory over Wo ord
to sweep the weekend set with
the visitors from the mountains
3-1 in both contests.
UNCG looked to avenge an
earlier season loss when they
hit Fleming Gymnasium Friday
night against the Catamounts
of Western Carolina. e
Spartans dropped a 3-0 contest
in Cullowhee in September, but
avoided a repeat with a strong
rst set.
e two teams traded points
through the mid portion of
the set before UNCG asserted
themselves late. With Western
Carolina clinging to a 16-15
lead Ari Lysacek kick started a
10-1 run to close out the match.
e Spartans reeled o eight
straight points with help from
the Catamounts who committed
four errors in a row all the while
taking two timeouts to try and
stop the bleeding. It did not
work though as a service ace
from Morgan Freeman ended
the set.
UNCG did not let up in
the second set either jumping
out to an 8-3 lead before the
Catamounts were forced to
take a timeout. e Spartans
continued to hold their lead
throughout the remainder of
the set never letting Western
Carolina climb back within
more than four points. Karrian
Chambers ended the set with
back to back kills to li UNCG
to a 25-19 set victory.
Following the break the two
teams battled back and forth in
the third set before WCU was
able to extend the match to a
fourth set.
In that fourth set the Spartans
again jumped out to an early
lead scoring ve straight points
to take a 7-4 lead and a er a
WCU kill reeled o four more.
UNCG never let the Catamounts
get closer than six over the nal
portions of the set before a
Morgan Freeman kill gave the
Sat
UNCG 3
App. State 1
e time has come. On
Sunday October 28, 2012 the
UNCG Women’s Soccer Team
hosted Georgia Southern at
the UNCG Soccer Stadium
for the SoCon quarter nals at
3:00 p.m. is was the Spartans
opportunity to excel into the
SoCon conference title; the
rst stop was to obliterate the
Eagles.
Prior to the game against
Georgia Southern Head
Coach Steve Nugent stated
“We are really proud of our
accomplishment of earning
the No. 1 seed…You have to
regroup and get ready for that
one and done mentality. I think
we are in a good situation right
now. Georgia Southern is a
great team and we just had a
tough game with them a couple
weeks back. We are excited to
be playing in the postseason.”
To Head Coach Steve
Nugent’s dismay the UNCG
Women’s Soccer team came
close but yet so far against
Georgia Southern, losing in the
quarter nals 1 to 0. Even with
a phenomenal record, 12-7-1,
this was not the time for the
Spartans. is was the rst time
the Spartans have been scored
on in the last 677 minutes of
playing time.
In a sense this is complete
replay of the year before.
is is the second straight
season in which UNCG has
been eliminated in the SoCon
tournament against Georgia
Southern at UNCG.
e score remained even
until the 2nd half of the game.
During the 88th minute, Nora
El-Shami scored for Georgia
Southern on a breakaway,
sealing the score line for the
Eagles. ere is no question
the Spartans worked hard
throughout the entire game,
and unfortunately fell short.
During the rst half,
defensemen Katherine
Rodriguez of UNCG took an
excellent shot on goal in the
13th minute, to her dismay
goalkeeper Katie Merson of
Georgia Southern blocked
the shot. Following the rst
half, defensemen Stephanie
Partenhiemer, attempted a shot
on goal from outside the box,
but was successfully stopped by
Merson in the 60th minute.
is game could certainly
be deemed the unfortunate for
the Spartans. A er maintaining
possession of the ball through
both halves
Sun
UNCG 0
Ga. Southern 1
Eagles end women’s soccer season
Calvin Walters
Sta Writer
Hannah Nystrom
Sta Writer
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Karin Sendel was among the seniors who saw her career end at the talons of the Eagles